Nic Pestell > Machins Solicitors LLP > Luton, England > Lawyer Profile

Machins Solicitors LLP
28 Dunstable Road
LUTON
LU1 1DY
England

Work Department

Private Client

Position

Partner and Head of Private Client Department

Career

Qualified as a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) in 1991, Nic trained with a Lincoln’s Inn firm and joined Machins in 1986.  He heads up the Private Client team which has developed into a strong contingent providing advice and assistance on all aspects of private client practice.  HIs specialist practice areas include wills, trusts and estate planning

Memberships

Nic is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and is a past chairman of the Beds, Herts and Bucks branch of the Society.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx

Machins Solicitors LLP’s private client department has a strong regional presence and advises a broad range of clients including HNWI on a full suite and complex and sensitive matters in the space. Nic Pestell and Nicki Denton-Masih jointly lead the practice group: Pestell predominantly handles trusts and tax planning, including mitigating inheritance tax as well as business succession planning; whilst Denton-Masih, who is known by clients as ‘personable, straight talking, easy to understand, thorough and extremely efficient’, runs a broad practice which encompasses the entire range of private client work.