Our expertise in this area encompasses:
Inheritance
- Writing and revising wills
- Inheritance tax planning
- Lasting Powers of Attorney
- Living wills
- Post-death tax planning
- Probate
- Probate disputes
Succession planning
- Advising on the appropriate will to reflect clients’ personal wishes and the needs of individual beneficiaries, as well as the possibility of claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975
- Preparing partnership and shareholder agreements for family businesses
- Advising on appropriate business/shareholder/partnership structures to help introduce young family members into a family business
- Addressing the liability to capital gains tax/inheritance tax on the sale of a business or its passing on to the next generation
- Addressing issues of untimely death of a key member of a family business