Landed Estates - UK-wide
Band 1
What the Team is Known For
Michelmores provides legal services to clients with landed estates on issues including succession planning, trust structuring and transactional matters.

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Michelmores provides legal services to clients with landed estates on issues including succession planning, trust structuring and transactional matters.
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Michelmores offers detailed advice at all stages, and draws on a significant breadth and depth of knowledge and experience from across the team covering landed estates, taxation and property. It has been able to distill the necessary information in such a manner as to make it digestible and understandable under time pressure for decisions, as well as acting with sensitivity in complex family dynamics and tailoring the delivery of information appropriate to different audiences.
Michelmores stands out for its communication, knowledge and the intention to get to the right solution with minimal risk. I was also impressed with how thorough, diligent and organised they were.
The team really provides great tax advice, and they have cross-border capabilities as well as other members of team they can call upon. There is great depth in the team, and they have great co-ordination between them and clients.
The team at Michelmores has excellent client care and is sensitive to individual circumstances.
The team seem to work efficiently and effectively. Fundamentally, it is a really comprehensive and strong collective of supportive lawyers who ensure we got the project delivered on time and effectively.
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Iwan Williams is a partner at Michelmores with expertise in advising on high-value tax, trust and succession matters for large landed estates.
Iwan is an excellent lawyer who is experienced in land estate matters. He is also highly personable and approachable.
Iwan is an exceptional lawyer. His technical knowledge is excellent, and he has a very sophisticated understanding of his field. He was also able to understand our needs as clients quickly and draw on the knowledge and expertise of his colleagues to deliver on a complex matter.
Iwan Williams is a real aficionado of the private wealth world. He is very skilled with people but also thoroughly on top of all the issues. He is a very good choice for those seeking private wealth advice.
Iwan is very professional and knowledgeable, with a pragmatic approach.
Christian Massey is head of the private wealth department at Michelmores and regularly acts on transactional landed estates matters as well as advising on tax issues.
Christian builds trust very quickly and is very responsive. Nothing panics him, and he knows that behind him he has some excellent assistance, which is a credit to his team.
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