Max Wright > Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP > Brighton & Hove, England > Lawyer Profile
Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP Offices
7 THE DRIVE
BRIGHTON & HOVE
BN3 3JS
England
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Max Wright
Work Department
Wills, Estate Planning & Trusts
Position
Max is a Partner in Rix & Kay’s Wills, Estate Planning & Trusts Team based in Brighton & Hove. He has many years experience advising individuals and their families about personal tax, estate and succession planning. He is a member of both the Society of Estate Practitioners and Solicitors for the Elderly.
Max’s clients
Max acts for clients of all ages and backgrounds but has particular expertise in guiding business owners and senior directors who want to ensure an orderly succession to their business interests, at minimal tax cost, as they start to consider stepping back from running day-to-day operations. He regularly advises business owners on ways to structure their wills to take advantage of the very generous Inheritance Tax reliefs for business assets.
Career
Trained Stephenson Harwood; qualified 1981; assistant solicitor Stephenson Harwood 1981-84; assistant solicitor Norton Rose 1984-86; assistant solicitor and then partner Payne Hicks Beach 1986-93; partner and head of private client department Bunkers 1993-2011 (became Rix & Kay 2011).
Memberships
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and Solicitors for the Elderly
Education
Bembridge School, Isle of Wight; Reading University (1978 LLB)
Leisure
Theatre, history, cricket, family.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP’s core offering involves advising high-net-worth individuals and families on tax, specialist trusts and succession planning matters. The private client team, which spans the Kent and Sussex regions, collaborates with the corporate practice to act for business owners, directors and shareholders. Team leader Bruce Clarke has wide-ranging private client experience and advises on complex tax and estate planning work, creating and administering trusts, and advising on powers of attorney and mental capacity law. Clients praise Ian Best as an ‘exceptional asset’ to the practice; he has specialist expetise in will drafting, probate and trust tax compliance work. Member of STEP Max Wright has extensive knowledge of capital tax planning issues, CGT, IHT, trusts and succession planning, as well as cross-border work.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery