Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Private Wealth, Financial Services

Nicola advises on a wide range of private wealth matters, including international and domestic personal tax, trust structuring, succession and estate planning. Nicola's clients include entrepreneurial high net worth individuals, trustees and family offices. Her work often has an international element and she regularly advises on the transition of family wealth between generations and across jurisdictions, including advising on the creation of global asset holding structures and sophisticated family governance arrangements.

Nicola has experience in advising clients on pre-immigration tax planning, and on pre-departure planning including advising on UK tax matters and co-ordinating multi-jurisdictional advice. She also advises on the UK taxation of high value residential property and works closely with advisers in other jurisdictions in order to advise clients on appropriate holding structures and estate planning options for their properties and other assets abroad.

Her work often involves advising on international estate planning, including drafting wills and powers of attorney and relevant cross-border issues. She has experience advising in relation to a wide range of assets including real estate, family business interests, art and luxury assets and other diversified investments. She advises executors, trustees, protectors and beneficiaries on a wide range of non-contentious issues and works closely with colleagues in the firm’s private wealth disputes team in relation to contentious matters.