Private Wealth and Estates

Gaby Hardwicke’s Private Wealth & Estates team provide specialist advice on estate and succession planning. We offer a personal, partner-led service for individuals, families, trustees and executors across the South East.

Specialist advice for complex personal and family affairs

For many families, managing wealth and passing it on to the next generation often involves far more than making a will. For example, you may need advice on inheritance tax, trusts or corporate planning structures, business assets, farming or property interests, vulnerable beneficiaries, blended families, overseas assets or disputes between executors and beneficiaries. Whatever your circumstances, we help you understand your options and put clear, practical arrangements in place.

How we can help

Our Private Wealth & Estates solicitors can help with:

• Estate planning involving business, property, rural or agricultural assets
• Wills and succession planning for individuals, couples and families
• Inheritance tax planning
• Family Investment Company and LLP structuring
• Trust creation, administration and advice for trustees
• Probate and estate administration; including complex or high-value estates, APR, BPR and Heritage Assets
• Advice for executors, administrators and beneficiaries
• Working alongside accountants, financial advisers, land agents and other professional advisers

A joined-up approach to Private Wealth & Estates

In many cases, private wealth and estates work overlaps with other areas of law. As a full-service Sussex law firm, Gaby Hardwicke can draw on expertise across private client, company and commercial law, rural and agricultural property, commercial property, family law, employment law and dispute resolution whenever needed. As a result, we provide practical advice that reflects the bigger picture.

Supporting clients at every stage

Whether you are putting plans in place for the first time or reviewing existing arrangements, our Private Wealth & Estates team is here to help. Alternatively, if you are managing an estate after a death or looking to protect family assets for future generations, we will explain your options clearly. Throughout the process, we explain the legal and practical issues in plain English so you can make informed decisions. Our goal is to make complex matters easier to understand and provide reassurance at important moments in your life.

Why choose Gaby Hardwicke?

Gaby Hardwicke has advised clients across Sussex and beyond since 1889. In addition, our Private Wealth & Estates team includes specialists with recognised expertise in trusts, estates and succession planning. We combine technical knowledge with a personal, approachable service, and clients value our clear advice, attention to detail and long-term commitment to protecting their interests.

Speak to our Private Wealth & Estates team

Whether you are protecting your wealth, planning for the future or administering an estate, our Private Wealth & Estates team is ready to help. Simply contact us to discuss your circumstances. We will listen carefully, explain your options and help you take the next step with confidence.