Hill Dickinson LLP

Advising both local and national business owners, HNW individuals, landowners and sports and media personalities on wealth structuring and tax planning, Hill Dickinson LLP is praised for ‘always providing excellent advice’. The team has extensive knowledge in inheritance tax mitigation, which includes advice on the establishment of family investment companies, trust reorganisations, estate administration as well as acting on contentious probate matters. Liverpool-based Fionnuala Kenny heads up the team and is a regular advisor of HNW clients on inheritance tax and succession planning and UK trusts. Paul Baker advises owner managed businesses and charities on cross-border capital tax and succession planning, whilst Susan Sherry provides wills, trusts and estate planning for UK-based clients. Katie Austin, who was made partner in July 2024, oversees the establishment of new trusts, deputyship applications and counsels deputies and attorneys.