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Charles Hicks

Partner specialising in trusts, probate, wills, capital taxation and wealth management for high-net-worth individuals for the past 40 years. He has assisted numerous families to resolve family disputes relating to trust, probate and inheritance matters, usually managing to engineer a satisfactory conclusion by agreement without expensive and protracted litigation. In the 90s he focused on the problems of Lloyd’s membership, particularly at the individual level, advising in excess of 1,000 clients over time and at action group level. He is now the firm’s COLP and COFA and focuses primarily on compliance and risk management matters. · Wedlake Bell LLP

EnglandPrivate Client, Trusts
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About

Partner with around 40 years' experience specialising in trusts, probate, wills, capital taxation and wealth management for high-net-worth individuals. He has regularly resolved family trust, probate and inheritance disputes by agreement, advised over 1,000 clients on Lloyd’s membership issues in the 1990s, and is now the firm’s COLP and COFA focusing on compliance and risk management. He is a member of STEP, the Law Society's Private Client Section, the Country Land Owners Association, the Historic Houses Association and the Land Trusts Association.

Practice areas

Private ClientTrustsProbateWillsCapital TaxationWealth ManagementCompliance & Risk Management

Office

England

Wedlake Bell LLP · Partner specialising in trusts, probate, wills, capital taxation and wealth management for high-net-worth individuals for the past 40 years. He has assisted numerous families to resolve family disputes relating to trust, probate and inheritance matters, usually managing to engineer a satisfactory conclusion by agreement without expensive and protracted litigation. In the 90s he focused on the problems of Lloyd’s membership, particularly at the individual level, advising in excess of 1,000 clients over time and at action group level. He is now the firm’s COLP and COFA and focuses primarily on compliance and risk management matters.

England

Expertise

High-net-worth individualsFamily trust and inheritance disputesLloyd's membership issuesCompliance and risk management (legal practice)

Education

  • Marlborough College
  • Clare College, Cambridge (MA, 1967)