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Weightmans

Private Wealth Law

High Net Worth Guide 2026 : Birmingham and surrounds

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Weightmans

Rankings

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Private Wealth Law - Birmingham and surrounds

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Weightmans has a growing private wealth team in Birmingham. The team provides estate administration support and advice on lifetime wealth planning for high net worth individuals and families. Weightmans' solicitors also serve as professional trustees.

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Strengths

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  • They demonstrate a strong depth of knowledge in private client work, particularly in will drafting and estate administration, ensuring that advice is both legally robust and tailored to the individual circumstances of each client. A key strength is their ability to communicate complex legal and tax considerations in a clear, practical manner. Clients feel supported and well informed throughout the process, particularly in sensitive matters such as probate and acting as executor, where empathy and responsiveness are essential.

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  • The team are highly responsive, proactive, and a pleasure to deal with. They give real confidence that matters are being progressed efficiently and thoroughly. I would trust them to handle any instruction to a very high standard, with no detail overlooked.

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  • As well as being highly approachable and friendly, so that they are very easy to work with, the team are highly knowledgeable and professional with our professional advisers and the clients.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Sarah Walker
    Sarah Walker

    Sarah Walker

    Sarah Walker leads the wills, trusts and estates team in the Birmingham office of Weightmans, also covering the firm's branches in London and Leicester. Her work is focused on tax planning, trusts, wills and probate.

    • Sarah is a talented, diligent and responsive individual. I am very happy to refer my clients to Sarah.

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    • Sarah is a fantastic asset. She is always quick to respond and is incredibly technically competent.

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    • Sarah has an excellent legal mind and the clients that we introduce find her to be warm, engaging and understanding of their situation.

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    • Sarah is easy to talk to and explains complex matters in a way that is easy to understand.

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  • Frances Brickwood
    Frances Brickwood

    Frances Brickwood

    Frances Brickwood is held in high esteem by her professional co-advisers for her estate administration advice and tax planning support.

    • Frances is excellent to work with and responsive.

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    • Frances has an excellent legal mind and the clients that we introduce find her to be warm, engaging and understanding of their situation.

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    • Frances is very approachable, highly responsive, knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with. She handles matters efficiently and thoroughly, providing clear and practical advice and giving real confidence that everything is being managed to a high standard.

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