Michele Wightman

Michele is a Partner in our private wealth team based in our Leeds office. She has worked in the field of estate and tax planning for almost 30 years, helping business and farm owners with farm succession planning, navigating the thorny family issues that often arise to reach the right result for the client.

She has administered complex estates of up to £60M comprised of commercial and farming assets, and acts as a professional deputy and attorney for clients. She is passionate about elderly client care and sits on the Trustee Board of Sheffcare, a charity which runs care homes in Sheffield.

As well as being a part of the Private Wealth team, Michele has Court of Protection experience and acts as a professional deputy and trustee in respect of a number of matters, including for elderly clients and also in cases where there have been large awards for personal injury’.

Michele regularly presents at events and is a regular on Radio Sheffield, helping callers with their queries about Wills, probate, powers of attorney and the cost of care.

She was a partner at Keebles LLP where she worked for clients throughout Yorkshire and Derbyshire for 20 years and most recently a partner at Wilkin Chapman LLP helping Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire’s farmers. She headed up the wills, tax and estate teams at both.