Kate Arnold > Cripps > Tunbridge Wells, England > Lawyer Profile

Acing for professionals in the legal and financial sectors, business owners, agriculture and estate owners and families with inherited wealth, the ‘professional, extremely competent and practical’ team at the Tunbridge Wells hub of Cripps regularly handles wealth and tax planning work and succession planning issues. Increasingly acting on multi-jurisdictional matters, the team is led by Kate Arnold, a member of STEP and Charity Law Association, who specialises in supporting entrepreneurs, family business owners and individuals with significant land assets and focuses on UK and French succession planning including philanthropic aims within these plans. Also noted in the market is Paul Fairbairn, who specialises in advising ultra-high-net-worth families on how to structure wealth using trusts, tax efficient structures and heritage properties. Also a member of STEP is key lawyer Clare Savory, who supports with the set up and governance of grant-making charities.

Cripps is led by the ‘passionate, driven and extremely knowledgeable‘ Sally Firby who is proficient in matters pertaining to estates, farms and high-value London properties. Kate Arnold is entrusted by clients with structuring their business arrangements and property ownership. Kit Mordaunt splits his time between London and Kent and has over two decades of experience in agricultural property. All of the individuals that have been mentioned in Tunbridge Wells, unless stated otherwise.

Leveraging support from the firm’s Kent and London offices, Cripps caters to commercial, corporate, and real estate issues for an assortment of grant making charities. Kate Arnold leads the team, while Joanna Ford is noted for her thorough expertise of insolvency. All of the individuals that have been mentioned are based in Tunbridge Wells.