Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Sarah advises on all aspects of private client work. Her particular specialism is Landed Estates, both rural and urban, and heritage property.

Sarah is passionate about helping her clients, many of whom have held their Estates for hundreds of years, to build strategies which ensure the long-term integrity and success of the Estate. This involves ensuring good internal governance, with open dialogue between trustees, beneficiaries and key executives, within a flexible structure able to respond to the pressures, and opportunities, of the modern world.

Her work with Trustee / Family / Estate Offices and other professional advisers ensures a collaborative and joined-up approach to tax and succession planning. Taking the time to get to know and understand an Estate’s concerns, ambitions, values, and day-to-day niggles to ensure that the solutions provided will help it to thrive both now and in the future.

Sarah achieved the highest score of all students who took the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners’ Advanced Certificate in Administration of Trusts in her sitting, and was recognised with a Worldwide Excellence Award for this accomplishment.