Birketts LLP’s private client team is particularly well known for advising business owners on succession strategies, including both the transfer of business interests and personal assets. The department is jointly led by Jack Royall, Louise Long, and newly promoted partner Sarah Hickey, and also advises on wills, trust structuring and long-term wealth preservation matters.
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Profile
Work Department
Private Client Advisory Team
Position
Partner
Career
Sarah qualified as a Solicitor in 2003 and has 20 years’ experience of private client work. She has particular experience of providing tailored specific advice to individuals and their families on Wills, inheritance tax planning, lifetime gifts, trusts, probate, (administration of estates) intestacy, deeds of variation and powers of attorney.
Sarah also acts as a professional attorney for clients who want the reassurance of having a professional to assist them.
Memberships
Law Society; Kent Law Society.
Education
Baston Independent School For Girls; Teeside University; College of Law, London; Trained Batchelors; qualified 2003; Batchelors partner 2007; Legal Director Birketts LLP 2023
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- ‘The firm has a wide spread of expertise and depth of staff, enabling it to work in a dynamic and up-to-date way that delivers very satisfactory outcomes for their clients. They are a very professional outfit without forgetting the importance of the personal touch.’
- ‘Birketts are excellent at providing a high level of personal service. They also have a breadth of expertise to turn to.’