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Private Wealth Law

Kent

7 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Christopher Eriksson-Lee

High Net Worth

Practice Areas

Christopher specialises in:

Wills

Trusts

Estate / tax planning

Powers of Attorney

Administration of estates and trusts

Agricultural law

Business succession planning

Deeds of variation

Career

Christopher is a Partner at Brachers and head of the Private Client team. He advises a diverse range of clients including business owners and those with landed estates on succession planning, the preparation of wills, estate and tax planning, trust creation, powers of attorney and the administration of trusts and estates.

Christopher is also a director of Brachers Trust Corporation Ltd, which provides the firm’s professional executor/trustee/attorney and deputy service.

Many of Christopher’s clients are business owners looking to succession plan and a significant proportion of which are from the farming and agricultural community.

Christopher qualified as a solicitor in 2007 and specialises in capital taxes planning. He helps clients to minimise inheritance tax and capital gains tax exposure whether through will or trust planning or otherwise as part of the administration of an estate or trust.

Christopher has particular expertise in inheritance tax planning for clients with businesses and/or agricultural assets. He is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners as well as Solicitors for the Elderly and lectures for CILEX Law School on various Private Client topics.

The Private Client team was also recognised for their extensive experience and sensitivity shown in supporting vulnerable clients in Court of Protection and Private Deputyship matters by winning the ‘Best Deputyship Firm’ award at the UK Probate Research awards 2023.

Christopher lays claim to having drafted the world’s highest Will at a height of 5,364 metres on a trek to Mount Everest Base Camp!

Professional Memberships

Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP)

Full Professional Member of Solicitors of the Elderly

Member of the Law Society Private Client Section

Agricultural Law Association

Country Landowners Association

Charity Trustee for West Kent Mind

RNLI Committee Member

Awards

Best Estate Planning Team (winner)

The Probate Industry Awards

2024

Best Probate Law Firm (Regional) (highly commended)

The Probate Industry Awards

2024

Outstanding Achievement in the Industry (finalist)

The Probate Industry Awards

2024

Private Client Team of the Year – Large (highly commended)

British Wills and Probate Awards

2023

Best Deputyship Firm (winner)

UK Probate Research Awards

2023

Best Probate Law Firm – London and the South East (winner)

Probate Research Awards

2021

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