International Estates and Estate Planning

Owning property and other assets in more than one country is becoming increasingly common. With careful management and planning you can ensure that your valuable assets are managed in a tax efficient way and passed on as you intended.

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Meet the team

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Expert support for complex estates

As an award winning and nationally recognised private client team, we pride ourselves on providing expert support for individuals with assets throughout the world.

Our lawyers all have their own specialist areas, often liaising with colleagues in other teams such as real estate or family to offer holistic advice.

We support clients throughout their lives, providing tax and estate planning and supporting those looking to move to the UK. Our network is wide, and our scope is often broad, working closely with advisors in multiple jurisdictions. We’re strategic, taking into account differing rules and regimes to create a structure which meets your objectives.

Approachable and easy to contact, we provide you with all the information and guidance you need to plan for your future.

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Who do we advise

Our expert lawyers have decades of experience supporting individuals with significant, and often complex assets, to ensure that they meet their needs and objectives, both now and in the future.

The international nature of our work means our clients are varied, often acting for non-UK domiciled individuals living in the UK or with UK assets. It is also not uncommon for us to support couples with ‘mixed’ domiciles statuses. We advise individuals who are looking to move to or from the UK as well as those holding or acquiring UK property.

Our services are often sought by international clients looking to invest in the US or families who have accumulated significant wealth, either through inheritance, investments, or business activities. We work closely with trustees and beneficiaries of trusts, advising on both UK and offshore trusts as well as supporting executors of estates with multi-jurisdictional assets.

Our Private Wealth sector

Clients who have built a significant assets base may face a complex legal and tax landscape. Our experts, who cover a range of legal disciplines, are on hand to provide specialist legal guidance and support to help individuals, their families, trustees and family offices.

Services from our Private Wealth team

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Recognition of our work

Hear what our clients say about us

 

Good, clear advice always delivered in a considerate, and often kind manner, without delay or need for chasing. A pleasure to deal with.

Client Testimonial Will Dispute

Kerri is a pleasure to deal with. She provides very clear advice and is timely in her actions. She listens, understands and answers clearly. Her knowledge and her empathy have put us all at our ease in dealing with our matter.

Client Testimonial The Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2024

The Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2024 said: “Kerri Woodrow is very professional and businesslike.” and “Kerri’s service and client management is very good.”

Client Testimonial The Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2024

HCR has a good breadth of people and levels of experience.

Client Testimonial Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2024

Harrison Clark Rickerbys provide clear advice and are happy to answer our many questions. The responses are always very timely, and the language used in correspondence is accurate and understandable.

Client Testimonial Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2024

HCR are highly professional – they are experts, flexible, easily contactable and very responsive. They give fast replies and accurately too – it is a specialist service.

Client Testimonial Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2024

HCR are professional and focused on clear and pragmatic explanations without resorting to legalese. They offer clarity, timeliness, efficiency and professionalism.

Client Testimonial Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2024

The HCR team are technically strong, commercially realistic and sensitive, and very good communicators.

Client Testimonial Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2024

All the advisers from the various specialist departments have displayed strong experience and expertise in their specific areas.

Client Testimonial Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2024

They have an excellent ability to provide advice in all relevant fields.

Client Testimonial Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2024

Laura Banks has a very high level of technical knowledge and is able to deal with sophisticated and difficult cases in a very efficient way, but always with client needs at the forefront of her work.

Client Testimonial The Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2024

Laura Banks is a well established and experienced lawyer who combines that unique skill of dealing with the clients concerns in easy to understand terms, whilst still providing the strongest legal advice. She has a great bedside manner and is always willing to help.

Client Testimonial The Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2024

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