
Verity Sherwin
Verity is a Senior Associate in the Private Client department. Verity advises a wide range of UK and international clients, including high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, trustees, and family offices on a broad range of tax, trust and estate planning issues. Her work includes: advising internationally mobile individuals on the UK tax and residence implications of relocation (including pre-arrival and departure planning); long term structuring and tax efficient estate planning, including for entrepreneurial family businesses; estate planning in the context of complex divorce proceedings; the creation and management of trusts and associated tax planning; the preparation of wills for UK domiciled and non-domiciled (non-dom) individuals; and advising on capacity issues and planning, including the preparation and registration of Lasting Powers of Attorney. Verity works closely with the firm’s contentious trusts and estates, family, corporate, probate and property teams. Verity is named as one of the 2025 eprivateclient Next Gen Leaders. Verity is shortlisted for Lawyer of the Year – Associate at the Citywealth Future Leaders Awards 2025. · Payne Hicks Beach LLP
About
Senior Associate in the Private Client department at Payne Hicks Beach LLP, advising UK and international high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, trustees and family offices on tax, trust and estate planning including residence/tax planning, wills, trusts, LPAs and estate planning in the context of divorce. She works closely with the firm’s contentious trusts and estates, family, corporate, probate and property teams and has been named one of the 2025 eprivateclient Next Gen Leaders and shortlisted for Lawyer of the Year – Associate at the Citywealth Future Leaders Awards 2025.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- Classics, Jesus College, University of Oxford (2016)
- Postgraduate African Studies, SOAS, University of London (2017)
- GDL, BPP University (2018)
- LPC, BPP University (2019)
Admissions
- Qualified as a solicitor (2021)
- Full Member, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
- STEP Diploma (distinction)
- STEP Advanced Certificates in the Administration of Trusts; Administration of Estates; Taxation of Trusts and Estates; UK Tax for International Clients (awarded across 2023–2024)
- STEP Excellence Award (2025)