The private wealth team at Cripps acts for a wide range of high and ultra-high-net-worth clients, ranging from those with inherited wealth to national and international business owners and directors. Other major clients include professionals in the legal and financial sectors, in addition to agriculture and estate owners. Under the leadership of Victoria Fairley, who is a member of STEP, it is acting for a significant and growing number of clients with cross-border interests. Jeremy Curtis specialises in all aspects of estate planning, business succession, and Court of Protection matters.
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‘Victoria Fairley is excellent: calm, thoughtful, forward-thinking and precise.’
‘Very professional and good response time.’
‘Friendly and efficient.’
‘Proactive, reliable advice delivered in a very understanding, personable way.’
‘Louise Sargent and Jeremy Curtis are a great team.’
‘A Great team. Helpful and with a good deal of practical knowledge offering good value for money.’
‘I rate Victoria Fairley very highly. She is highly personable and uses her skills and knowledge to effectively apply the circumstances of the client. She is adept at communicating at the right level to make difficult matters much clearer to her clients.’
'Victoria Fairley is a very clear orator who brings a common sense yet innovative approach to private client work. She is trusted by new clients and loved by her longstanding ones, and it's no surprise she is therefore in demand as a trustee for many of them.'
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Practice head
Victoria Fairley
Other key lawyers
Jeremy Curtis; Louise Sargent