Meet the team

Yorkshire Private Client

Irwin Mitchell

Sheffield, England
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Deals

Were successful in securing Santander UK as our partner, to support their vulnerable customers with advice and guidance on all aspects of private client law.

Advising Finders International UK on estate administration matters often complex intestacies.

Supporting Macmillan Cancer Support with will writing services to their vulnerable supporters who often have life limiting cancer diagnoses.

Organigram

Team Services

Our Private Client team is known for advising business, families, landed estates, Trustees, executors and other HNW and UHNW clients on all aspects of estate and succession planning, and asset protection, including cross-jurisdictional issues, trusts and other wealth structures.

There has been a significant expansion of the Leeds team in recent years. From a team of one in 2018, Andrea Jones has driven the huge growth of the Leeds team to now include a second Partner, two Senior Associate Solicitors, four Associate Solicitors, a Senior Tax Advisor, a Solicitor, a Senior Probate Paralegal, three Paralegals and a Trainee Solicitor.

Our Sheffield team is the largest private client team in the Sheffield and surrounding area with 34 colleagues. The team has grown in the last year, with three new Solicitors, two dealing with Estate Planning and one dealing with Estate Administration cases .

We pride ourselves on our client care and service and our score on Trustpilot is 4.8 stars, giving us an excellent rating. With our charity partner Age UK, we have a world class NPS score.

Testimonials

Awards and Recognition

Private Client team of the Year - Northern Law Awards 2023

Winners of the Private Client team of the Year at the Northern Law awards in June 2023

Private Client team of the Year - British Wills & Probate Awards 2022

Winners of the Private Client team of the Year

STEP Private Client Awards 2022

Finalists at the STEP Private Client Awards in 2022

Private Client Team of the Year - Yorkshire Legal Awards

Finalists of the Private Client Team of the Year at the Yorkshire Legal Awards from 2018 to 2022.