Matthew Hansell > Mills & Reeve LLP > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile
Mills & Reeve LLP Offices
78-84 COLMORE ROW
BIRMINGHAM
B3 2AB
England
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Matthew Hansell
Work Department
Private client.
Position
Head of private client group at Mills & Reeve, specialising in undertaking estate planning wills and trusts for high-net-worth individuals and entrepreneurs. Acts for three individuals in the top ten of the Midlands Rich List. Winner of the Birmingham Law Society Private Client Lawyer of The Year 2005. On behalf of the private client group at Mills & Reeve accepted the award for the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners ‘UK Regional Legal Team of the Year 2006/2007’.
Career
Trained Manby & Steward; assistant solicitor Ivens & Morton 1985-87; Martineau Johnson 1988-2004 (partner from 1993); partner Mills & Reeve 2004, initially heading up the private client team in Birmingham, becoming national head of private client from 2006. Director, Mills & Reeve Trust Corporation Limited.
Memberships
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners; Solicitors for the Elderly; Law Society Capital Taxes Committee.
Education
King Edward VI Grammar School, Stourbridge; University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, Cardiff (1982 LLB); College of Law, Chester (1983 Solicitors Finals).
Leisure
Walking.
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
(Hall of Fame)The ‘friendly team‘ at Mills & Reeve LLP ‘has built up a superb reputation in the Midlands’ for its work with business owners ( in particular family businesses) and for its advice to wealthy individuals, families and landed estate clients on the full range of estate planning and wealth structuring matters. It also garners praise for its work on complex international estate planning matters and on family investment companies. Under the joint leadership of John Grundy and Lucy Howard it frequently advises wealthy philanthropists on the establishment of charities and on other forms of charitable giving. Matthew Hansell receives plaudits for his work with business owners and high-net-worth individuals. Principal associate, Sarah Wood , heads up the national trust administration team.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame West Midlands > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Personal tax, trusts and probate West Midlands > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Construction
- Public sector > Education
- Public sector > Health
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family: Birmingham
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Finance > Banking and finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Employment > Pensions
- Real estate > Commercial property: Birmingham
- Real estate > Property litigation