Mills & Reeve LLP fields a large team with significant experience advising ultra-high-net-worth clients, entrepreneurs with links to family businesses and landed estate clients. The group covers all aspects of succession planning, in particular advising on the establishment of family investment companies, cross-border probate issues, tax planning and estate planning. The team is jointly headed up by Deborah Clark, who is an expert in family investment companies, and Christopher Noel, whose broad practice encompasses advice on tax planning, wealth protection and estate planning. Zahra Siddiqui advises a range of HNW individuals and sports people on their wills, trust structures and tax planning measures and Charlotte Shaughnessy covers inheritance tax planning, business relief options and further general estate planning and business succession mandates.
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Christopher Noel
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Charlotte Shaughnessy
Practice head
Deborah Clark; Christopher Noel
Other key lawyers
Zahra Siddiqui; Charlotte Shaughnessy