Lucinda Tite and Wilfrid Vernor-Miles jointly head the department at Hunters Law LLP. Its expertise spans advising on complex estate management and cross-border issues, as well as high-value asset protection and tax planning strategies. It specialises in handling intricate estate and trust issues, including reorganisations and restructurings, to meet evolving family dynamics and tax considerations. The group is adept at managing international tax laws, regulations, and multi-jurisdictional challenges. Clients include high-net-worth individuals and large family estates. Lara Barton is the trusted advisor to many ultra-high-net-worth clients, and has been appointed as executrix of their wills. Matthew Yates focuses on lifetime and post-death tax planning.
Testimonials
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‘Matthew Yates and his colleagues deliver good advice and service on trusts, wills and related private client matters.’
‘Hunters are one of London's longest established private client firms. They combine the service to be expected by traditional landed and heritage clients and the responsiveness and flexibility of the next generation of private clients.’
‘Sunir Watts has the qualities you want. He is calm, measured, reassuring, technically brilliant and creative. You'd trust him to arrange things for the next generation.’
‘Client attentiveness and collaboration with other colleagues inside and outside of the firm in the interests of providing a quality service to the client, including collaboration with counsel, is excellent.'
‘Lara Barton is calm, efficient and knowledgeable.’
‘Wilfrid Vernor-Miles stands out on value for money, billing, attention to detail and successful outcomes for clients. Many of my clients use him for legal advice and clarity, efficiency plus speed and quality of outcome is second to none.’
‘Extremely experienced and knowledgeable, always a pleasure for me to deal with.'
- 'Wilfrid Vernor-Miles is straight down the line, always has a constructive point to make/solution to offer.'
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Wilfrid Vernor-Miles, Matthew Yates