Private Client Team
The Private Client Team of Ambrose Appelbe is a long established department, with many clients and their families who have remained with us for generations.
We act for a wide range of clients in connection with their affairs from people with modest means to high net worth individuals.
We prepare both simple and complex Wills on behalf of our clients. Sometimes this involves both simple and complex Tax Planning. Often clients ask us to act as executors and we are happy to help you with the Administration of Estates / Probate both in situations where we are executors and where we are not. We can assist both where someone has left a Will or when they have died Intestate (without a Will).
Due to our involvement with the Eureseau network and contacts worldwide, we frequently assist with Resealing Foreign Grants of Probate.
Many of our clients, over the years, have set up trusts with our assistance, and we continue to help them or their families with Administering Trusts. Trusts can offer ideal solutions for leaving money, property or other assets so that they are used in a way that you wish. Discretionary trusts are a popular tool used in Tax Planning.
The ageing population has meant that Solicitors for the Elderly are becoming ever more in demand and much of the work we do involves the Court of Protection. We can help you with Applying to become someone's deputy, Registering an Enduring Power of Attorney, preparing Lasting Powers of Attorney, or Living Wills / Advance Directives, or with applying for Statutory Wills to be made on behalf of people who have lost capacity.
Declarations of Trust are also regularly required with more and more people buying property jointly. We are happy to help you with this, and if you require more assistance with cohabitation agreements our family Team can assist in this regard. In turn, we often assist the family Team with matters which often arise post-divorce, for example, Change of Name deeds.
In addition to the above, the private client Team also acts on behalf of many Charities and we have listed some of the Charities with which we are concerned.
We work closely with the other Teams of this firm, for example the Litigation Team when we are asked to advise on such matters as Contentious Probate, Financial Abuse of the Elderly or Presumption of Death applications.
To discuss your own situation or to make an appointment, please contact the Private Client Team on 0207 242 7000 or use the contact request form.
