Robert Brodrick

Robert is a Partner in the Private Client Department.

With over 25 years’ experience, Robert provides specialist tax, trust and estate planning advice for wealthy individuals, their advisers, family offices and trustees. He acts for a wide range of clients, including the owners of landed estates, philanthropists, business people, non-doms/former non-doms and international families with assets in multiple jurisdictions. Robert also acts as Trustee, Executor and Protector. He focuses on three main geographic areas: Middle East, US/UK and UK domestic (including UK resident non-doms).

Robert has been appointed as a Trustee of a number of UK trusts including several that hold heritage assets, and he also acts as Executor and is a Court appointed Administrator of a large contentious estate. He also acts as Protector in relation to offshore trusts. He advises on contentious trust and probate work, and has recently been involved in applications to vary and rectify trusts both in the UK and offshore. Robert is well known for advising high-profile US families based in the UK (alongside their existing US advisers) and is very experienced at advising Middle Eastern families on the creation and reorganisation of trusts, including Sharia compliant structures. He is particularly well known for his sensitive handling of complicated family situations.

Robert is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. He is a prolific legal commentator, speaking at conferences and seminars worldwide, including London, New York, Geneva, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Dubai, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.

Robert has received numerous industry awards throughout his career. He is regarded as ‘outstanding in his field’ and classed as ‘one of the world’s elite private client lawyers providing expertise to ultra high net worth clients’.

Robert trained at Withers before joining Trowers & Hamlins in 2004, where he became a partner in 2007. He joined Payne Hicks Beach in 2012 as a partner.

Qualified 1998, joined Payne Hicks Beach 2012 as a Partner and assumed the role of Chair of the Management Board from 2019 to 2026.