Private Wealth Law

The primary focus of the Broadfield UK (formerly BDB Pitmans) Private Wealth Team is on the structuring and transmission of wealth, both in a UK and international context. This includes: 

• estate planning, succession law, wills and the administration of estates;
• trusts and foundations, including their formation, administration, accounting, variation and distribution;
• international clients arriving and leaving the UK;
• structuring and co-ordinating the affairs of international families whether or not based in the UK, including the provision of cross-border tax and legal advice;
• structuring of real estate assets, in particular for clients domiciled and/or resident outside the UK;
• advising entrepreneurs at all stages in the life cycle of their business;
• employee benefit trusts;
• advice on ‘disguised remuneration’ arrangements;
• onshore and offshore pension schemes;
• regulatory law, including compliance with an increasing raft of reporting regimes; and
• immigration.  

In terms of sectoral expertise, we continue to act for UK and international private clients, their trustees and family offices. Asset classes commonly encountered include commercial interests, public and private company shareholdings, residential and investment property, agricultural and landed estates, heritage property and works of art.