England - East Anglia • Private client
Mills & Reeve LLP
The team based at the Cambridge office of Mills & Reeve LLP has ‘a very broad range of expertise, such that all of their clients’ legal needs can be met in-house’. It is noted that the practitioners in the practice, which is led by partner Chris Belcher, are ’very approachable and advise using plain English, making complex matters accessible to all’. The firm advises high-net-worth estates, including some with assets exceeding £100m, on the full-range of tax and trusts matters. Senior associates Emma Geale and Katrina Hopkins have broad practices that encompass succession planning, tax, trusts, the restructuring of property ownership and the creation of corporate structures to hold investments. Alex Hunt moved to Birketts LLP in January 2023.
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‘A very broad range of expertise, such that all of their clients' legal needs can be met in-house. They are very approachable and advise using plain English, making complex matters accessible to all.’
‘They are very responsive and work within a wide advisory team supporting a large family office. They are prepared to be pragmatic, and work is delivered to a high-standard within tight deadlines. They provide excellent commentary with invoices which means the client is very clear what work has been completed to reach the total billed. Very helpful.’
‘Good depth-of-knowledge and prompt to reply to queries.’
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Chris Belcher