Hayden Bailey > Boodle Hatfield LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Led by Saskia Arthur and Hayden Bailey, the ‘thorough and responsive‘ team at Boodle Hatfield LLP advises on the full range of issues from providing strategic tax advice to advising on day-to-day property matters. Across its offices in London and Guildford, it continues to act for some of the largest estates in the country and is skilled at handling the sale and purchase of valuable residential properties, farms and agricultural land. Other core areas of expertise include advising on disputes concerning the ‘modern family’ and helping clients with devolution and development issues. It continues to develop its reputation as one of the key firms for young entrepreneurial heirs and owners of landed estates who are setting up new business ventures. The team is sought after for its work with key landed estates that also have entrepreneurial businesses such as vineyards and renewable energy operations. Consultant Sue Laing and Andrea Zavos are among the other esteemed members of the group.

At Boodle Hatfield LLP, Hayden Bailey leads a team of ‘extremely high quality, detail-oriented advisors on complex private client matters’. It is particularly skilled at advising on ‘trust structures holding landed estates or large operating businesses’. The ‘very solution orientated’ team specialises in complex international wealth structuring mandates for business and private assets. In addition, it is renowned for advising some of the largest family-owned businesses and family offices in the UK and internationally on governance, risk management and wealth preservation. Simon Rylatt  has an impressive roster of high-net-worth (HNW) clients. Kyra Motley is well known for advising clients in the Middle East and acts for ten different Royal families and 28 billionaires. Salpy Kouyoumjian  is another key figure who specialises in succession, tax, wealth preservation and estate planning advice. Laurence Morgan advises international HNW individuals on their tax, estate and succession planning. Other names to note include Sue Laing; Andrea Zavos  and Sara Maccallum. Clare Stirzaker regularly advises on succession planning and related legal and tax matters for multi-generational families and their family offices.