The versatile practitioners at Payne Hicks Beach LLP exhibit a varying workload of succession planning, tax support, administration of trusts, and diversification schemes. Following his promotion to the partnership, Rupert Burchett oversees the team and offers services across the entire scope of transactions and management of farms, estates, and country houses. Acting for trustees and owners, Robert Brodrick assists with tax and estate planning, and Rosamond McDowell has developed a broad contentious and non-contentious private client practice. Simon Blackburn departed from the team in January 2025.
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‘Rupert Burchett is incredibly practical and proactive. He has an unrivalled ability to provide long-term strategic advice whilst also being fully across the details.’
‘The combination of strong professional knowledge and excellent understanding of the commercial and legal needs of the landed estate clients puts Paynes Hicks Beach at the forefront of the sector.’
'Robert Brodrick excels in private client law especially when advising private owners of landed estates. Rupert Burchett is an excellent partner who provides a pragmatic approach to dealing with often complex issues.'
‘Rupert Burchett is a highly knowledgeable property professional with a depth of knowledge and experience of the sector.’
‘Close collaboration between those in the team working on the property aspects and those working on trust and tax aspects. Strategic costing of work streams, carefully broken down to components. Excellent use of IT and software programmes, mapping and document management.’
‘Rupert Burchett is a stand-out individual, whose military training gives him excellent discipline and an ability to marshal all the moving parts in a transaction. His promotion in the last year to Partnership is hugely well-deserved.'
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Practice head
Rupert Burchett
Other key lawyers
Robert Brodrick; Rosamond McDowell; James Bacon; Basil Dixon; Michael Parkinson; Clarissa Ferguson