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Protection and peace of mind through effective wealth planning
There are a variety of ways you can protect your wealth and assets for the future. Every individual’s circumstances are unique and therefore it is important to receive wills and trusts advice that is specifically tailored to you and your family’s needs.
You may be worried about how best to leave your assets to the next generation, or how best to leave money to a charity of your choice. Alternatively, you may be concerned about who will make important decisions on your behalf should you no longer be able to make those decisions yourself or you may be looking for advice on managing the affairs of vulnerable people.
As every individual’s circumstances are unique it is important that the advice you receive is tailored to your individual needs, whether it’s advice on making a will, or on trusts and tax planning.
Structuring your estate in such a way as to help protect your assets for the future, provide for those you care about and minimising the tax payable can help give you peace of mind that these practical aspects have been handled in the best interests of you and your family. Our team of expert wills and trusts solicitors can provide specialist support in this area to ensure you have the best possible advice and help, based on your own unique situation.
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Why are wills, trusts and estate planning so important?
While some people’s estates are fairly straightforward, that is not always the case, and past, current or potential future events could add another layer of complexity to your affairs that you may not be prepared for. Life changes such as divorce, separation or estrangement might alter your wishes in terms of your estate, as can starting new relationships, blending families together and becoming a step-parent. It might be that you have assets in different countries, or have several different business interests and it’s essential that your wishes for what should happen to these is determined as early as possible.
For high-net-worth individuals, or those with highly complex situations, ensuring that your estate is set up in the best possible way, along with your will being up to date and any trusts you require being set up, can make a big difference to your peace of mind now and in the future, but can also help avoid much of the stress that can come with estate ambiguity for your loved ones when the times comes.
Whatever your situation, we can offer the specialist advice that you need to ensure your wishes are followed and that things are set up in the best interests of you and those you care about.
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Why choose Moore Barlow for wills, trusts and estate planning?
We take time to understand your requirements, enabling us to offer you bespoke advice. With a team of specialists in tax, wealth management, estate planning and rural services our wide-ranging expertise enables us to provide you with practical solutions tailored to your and your family’s needs.
We combine our experience of administering Wills and Trusts with our specialist legal knowledge, to provide you with exceptional and up to date advice. Our wills, trusts and estates solicitors work in partnership with specialists from the Moore Barlow team across all relevant areas of law to deliver a full range of estate planning, wills and trusts services to all of our clients, individually tailored to your needs. This means that if you would like expert succession planning or probate advice alongside help with your will or trusts, this can be arranged to ensure your get the most benefit possible from our services.
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We are part of an international network of like-minded professionals so we have access to international advice at our finger tips, as well as having chartered tax advisers in house across our offices in London, Richmond, Southampton, Guildford, Lymington and Woking.
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Moore Barlow continues to build on its reputation as a go-to firm for high-net-worth individuals, landed estates and family trusts, regarding claims concerning the validity and execution of wills and trusts, and claims against trustees for breach of their fiduciary duties.
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An excellent private client team – they offer an extremely professional an efficient service, and are friendly and approachable at a competitive price point.
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We have consulted Moore Barlow, and for some years we have not found it necessary to consult other firms. Clear and incisive advice, unfailing professionalism and a relationship-orientated approach characterises the firm.