Richard Bate

Practice Areas

Richard advises clients on all aspects of estate and succession planning including wills, trusts and inheritance tax advice and estate administration. He has a particular specialism in tax mitigation and assisting business owners and those with more complicated family arrangements and asset structures with succession planning and wealth protection. He is a professional trustee on numerous family trusts, acts as an attorney for elderly clients and has been appointed by the High Court as an independent administrator in complex contentious probate matters.

Richard deals with clients owning assets in multiple jurisdictions and advises UK domiciled and non-domiciled individuals, estates and trusts.

Richard works closely with the firm's Owner Managed Business and family teams and often with accountants and independent financial advisors to ensure that clients receive broad-based holistic advice.

Professional Memberships

Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners member, Private Client section of the Law Society member