High Net Worth Guide 2026 : Oxford and surrounds
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The Private Wealth Team comprises senior lawyers drawn from specialist departments including personal & corporate tax, trusts & estate planning, disputes, corporate finance, family, reputation management and immigration services. The team advises HNW clients on complex, multi-stakeholder issues, including on both HNW and ultra-HNW estates.
Within this, the Private Wealth Disputes Team advises on a broad range of disputes, including contentious trusts & estates and professional negligence matters. The practice is renowned for advising beneficiaries, executors, trustees and other individuals excluded from wills on complex trusts & estates disputes. The team regularly handles will validity challenges, claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, proprietary estoppel disputes, trust litigation, and applications concerning removal or replacement of executors and trustees. Where appropriate, it seeks to resolve disputes through ADR, including mediation, and Sally Goodger is an accredited mediator.
The notably strong, deep Oxford Trusts, Estates & Tax Team is the largest in Oxfordshire and one of the biggest of its kind outside London. With a deep commitment to serving clients, it provides bespoke technical knowledge in a personal way. It has particular specialisms in acting for business owners, landed estates & agricultural clients and vulnerable clients and has significant experience in acting as an independent administrator in contested estates.
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Freeths has an excellent reputation in contentious and non-contentious private client matters. The team advises on complex and often international matters for trustees and beneficiaries.
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The Freeths team are high-calibre. Teams routinely link in other specialisms within the firm to ensure that they can deliver optimal holistic advice, and the depth of their specialisms means that they genuinely cover all bases.
Freeths are reliable, focused and have an abundance of integrity. These values are not limited to one individual but extend right across their business.
Freeths has a team of highly qualified lawyers with top-level professional accreditation.
Freeths has a real strength and depth in the quality of its lawyers. They are all experts and really experienced in this field, always taking a pragmatic and commercial approach to family-based disputes.
The team at Freeths are so understanding of their clients' individual needs, making sure that they are informative in the correct ways to accommodate each client.
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Sarah is very pragmatic and commercial.
Sarah Foster is an absolute leader in the field. She has emotional intelligence as a litigator and knows when to settle and when to fight. She is always focused on getting the best of the situation.
Sarah is a kind and considerate solicitor.
Sarah Foster is very knowledgeable, calm and easy to work with. She tries to find a solution that suits everyone involved.
Sally Goodger represents clients in contested trust and estate matters. Goodger represents individual clients and charities.
Sally is a very professional and understanding solicitor with a wealth of knowledge.
Sally is informative, knowledgeable, professional, timely and approachable.
Sally provided first-class, highly practical advice and helped us resolve through mediation a contentious probate dispute.
Sally is an excellent solicitor. She is compassionate, empathetic and a good listener.
Lisa Mark-Bell was extremely efficient and capable.
Lisa has a good understanding and excellent knowledge of protecting family wealth, setting up trusts and preparing wills.
Lisa Mark-Bell is a very knowledgeable lawyer who inspires confidence.
Louise Lewis advises on estate administration, wills and lasting powers of attorney.
Louise has excellent client skills and technical expertise.
Louise is an excellent, pragmatic and confident private client adviser. I have seen her flex her approach to suit clients of different levels of complexity and sophistication, and she has consistently demonstrated her focus on positive and practical solutions for her clients.
Louise is outstanding. Her knowledge and expertise is invaluable, and she is also extremely patient. She is also kind and gentle.
I have been highly impressed by Louise's personal approach. She is extremely knowledgeable, with a superb manner.
Charlotte Flynn is an associate at Freeths. She works on contentious trust and probate matters, including will validity challenges and financial abuse and undue influence disputes.
Charlotte Flynn is really excellent and deals with cases sensitively.
Charlotte Flynn has been nothing short of amazing. She is understanding and extremely professional.
It's a pleasure working alongside Charlotte.
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Practice area: Private Wealth Law
Location: Oxford and surrounds
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