Burges Salmon is the leading choice for complex and specialist advice in private wealth.
We act on some of the highest value and most complicated succession, tax planning and trust restructuring work in the UK and internationally. Our sector approach and culture has expanded our core 40+ private client lawyers to a collaborative, private wealth team, supporting individuals, families, entrepreneurs, landed estates, private banks, family businesses and family offices.
We have a deep understanding and experience of complicated, cross-jurisdictional work for individuals and trusts. As one of only a few truly independent UK law firms, we have non-exclusive relationships with independent overseas law firms who share our high standards. Our independence is an essential part of our client offering and we are able to work with the firm best suited to our clients’ needs and budget.
We have invested in a comprehensive portfolio of legal technologies to support and augment our client service delivery model, including AI and document automation. To assist individuals in working out whether they are resident in the UK for tax purposes, we developed ‘ResiCheck’, Burges Salmon’s first mobile App.
Awards
Winners:
- STEP Private Client Awards: Legal Team of the Year – Large Firm (2022/23, 2021/22, 2019/20, 2017/18, 2015/16)
- STEP Private Client Awards: Employer of the Year (2022/23)
- Wealth & Finance International Fintech Awards - Best HNWI UK Law Firm (2022)
- Citywealth Powerwomen Awards: Company of the Year – Female Leadership (2020, silver award)
Finalists:
- eprivateclient Excellence Awards: Private Client Law Firm (large): (2022, commended)
- Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Awards: Private Client Team of The Year (2022)
- Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Awards: Residential Property Team of The Year (2022)
- Legal Week Innovation Awards: Client Management Innovation (2022, for ResiCheck App)
- The Lawyer Awards: Best Client Service Innovation (2022, for ResiCheck App)
- STEP Private Client Awards: Contentious Trusts and Estates Team of the Year (2021/22, 2020/21)
- Citywealth Magic Circle Awards: Law Firm of the Year – London (2020)
Areas of focus
Our private wealth services include the following:
- Contentious estates.
- Contentious trusts for UK and international trustees.
- Dispute resolution.
- Family and divorce issues.
- Finance and funding issues.
- Immigration.
- Private wealth matters, international wealth structuring.
- Real estate for individuals and investment for UK and international investors.
- Tax advice and planning UK and international.
- Trusts UK and international.
- Wills, probate, UK and cross border estate planning.