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Wrigleys Solicitors LLP is the ‘pre-eminent’ and ‘market-leading’ private client firm in the region; it is ‘first rate’. Recent work includes advising on trust restructuring, as well as financial crisis related matters. Head of department Andrew Wriglesworth ‘tailors advice well to the circumstances of the client’.

‘One of the pre-eminent trust lawyers in Yorkshire’, Paul Howell heads a private capital team at Addleshaw Goddard LLP that works closely with other departments to advise on tax and trust matters. Increasingly active in contentious trust matters, the team ‘has a depth of knowledge rarely seen outside of London’.

Frances Davies heads Gordons LLP’s private client team, with former head Rachel Tunnicliffe now consulting with the firm. Recently bolstered by the addition of Martin Holdsworth, the firm is a favourite among high-net-worth individuals.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is a market leader in volume will-writing and probate applications for financial services institutions, recently winning significant national banking clients. Louise Sykes heads the contentious offering.

Lupton Fawcett LLP private client partner Duncan Milwain is now a director of the firm, which advises numerous individuals with a net worth over £2m, as well as those facing inheritance tax liability as a result of increasing wealth.

Regularly instructed by individuals on high-value, complex matters, Pinsent Masons LLP recently advised a domiciled individual on the inheritance tax implications of entering into a US trust document and gifting land to the US trust.

John Lane at Rollits serves as a trustee for private trusts and advises the trustees of landed estates. The department’s trust administration practice manages in excess of 200 trusts with assets over £200m.

Brooke North LLP acts in the administration of substantial estates, and offers tax planning advice to high-net-worth individuals. Gordon Watson is well regarded.

Clarion Solicitors LLP’s Sara Rogers advises on wealth management, estate and tax planning issues, with a niche in advice to the elderly and disabled.

Denison Till recently advised on restructuring family trusts under head of department John Goodrich.

Eatons’ private client team advises on tax and trust matters in the context of regular matrimonial disputes and its wills and inheritance practice.

Ben Lowe at Ford & Warren heads a team acting for a high number of private trusts, as well as providing increased tax planning advice to high-net-worth clients.

Grays has extensive experience advising on tax matters, with Christopher Goodway the name to note here.

Keeble Hawson strengthened its offering with its merger with Frank Allen Penington, and provides regular tax planning advice under department head George Connell.

Up-and-coming private client lawyer Julia Rangecroft at McCormicks advises on a full range of matters.

Wake Smith & Tofields acts for a number of high-net-worth individuals, with a focus on trust fund work.

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