Wills, Estates & Personal Documents

We prepare wills and the documents that travel with them: enduring powers of attorney, advance medical directives, guardianship documents, and letters of wishes. The work ranges from a straightforward will for a single individual to estate planning for cross-border families with assets, beneficiaries, and tax exposures across several jurisdictions. We work with accountants, trustees and local counsel where the matter requires it, and we draft to the standard a probate court would apply, on the assumption that one day one will.

We also handle the personal documents that fall outside estate planning but are part of the same body of work. These include statutory declarations, deed poll for change of name, and the various certifications and translations that accompany them. Where a client is appointed an executor under a will, we advise on the grant of probate and the administration of the estate.