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Raworths LLP

Private Wealth Law

High Net Worth Guide 2025 : York, Hull and surrounds

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Raworths LLP

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The Trusts, Wills and Estates team at Raworths deals exclusively with private client work acting for high net worth individuals and their families, trusts, charitable foundations and family businesses. Raworths’ private client and commercial lawyers work closely together to service the needs of an entrepreneurial client base, balancing strong technical skills with the ability to deal sensitively with a wide range of family issues whilst providing commercially astute advice. 

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Private Wealth Law - York, Hull and surrounds

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Harrogate-based Raworths advises high net worth clients on matters relating to Wills and tax planning, as well as estate and trust administration.

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Strengths

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  • Raworths has highly regarded lawyers, excellent working relationships with other advisers and consistently demonstrates high level of expertise.

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  • Raworths has strong empathy with and understanding of clients' requirements. The lawyers have the ability to break down complex matters and communicate with clients in a language they understand.

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  • The Raworths team is extremely accessible and responsive. It is technically very strong and combines this with extremely good interpersonal skills.

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  • Raworths' technical expertise, experience and client engagement is second-to-none.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Rachel Tunnicliffe
    Rachel Tunnicliffe

    Rachel Tunnicliffe

    Rachel Tunnicliffe is Raworths' senior partner and head of private client services. Tunnicliffe receives consistently impressive feedback from clients and fellow professionals for her technical skills and client-handling abilities.

    • Rachel is an excellent private client lawyer. She has very strong client relationships and working relationships, is very calm and always exhibits great commercial awareness and support to clients.

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    • Rachel Tunnicliffe is excellent at providing technical advice in a straightforward way. She is both pragmatic and commercial, ensuring she builds strong relationships with her clients.

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    • Rachel is an outstanding individual with the kind of intellectual bandwidth that instils confidence. Her advice is full of perspective, delivered with kindness and great thought.

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    • Rachel is an exceptional adviser who builds long-term client relationships. She is able to take a strategic approach and brings the benefit of her considerable experience to her clients.

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    • Rachel Tunnicliffe is a legend in the private client world.

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  • Sam Jenner
    Sam Jenner

    Sam Jenner

    Sam Jenner is a partner at Raworths and joint head of its trusts, wills and estates team. He advises high net worth clients on matters relating to trusts, succession, tax and Wills.

    • Sam is excellent. He is technically good and has excellent personal skills.

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    • Sam Jenner is very responsive and can be trusted to deliver within agreed timeframes. He is technically strong and is very easy to deal with.

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    • Sam has a great manner with clients and sets them at ease.

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    • Sam Jenner is very thorough. There is never a problem where he won’t find a positive solution.

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  • Alison Walker
    Alison Walker

    Alison Walker

    Alison Walker is a partner at Raworths and joint head of the firm's trusts, wills and estates team. She also is experienced in corporate taxation matters.

    • Alison Walker is so impressive. She is technically brilliant, thoughtful and has the ability to explain matters in an easy-to-understand manner without being patronising.

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    • Alison is technically strong and approachable.

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    • Alison's experience and diligent nature was instrumental in concluding an orderly transaction with no unforeseen issues arising from a very complicated structure of trusts.

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  • Caroline Hedges
    Caroline Hedges

    Caroline Hedges

    Caroline Hedges assists with matters relating to wealth transfer and tax.

    • Caroline is fantastic at her job. She is experienced, technical and thoughtful, and she has wonderful client relationships and personal skills.

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    • Caroline is experienced and does the job with consummate skill.

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    • Caroline Hedges is very compassionate, thorough, forward-thinking and very personable. She is just totally brilliant all round.

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