Hester Mills

Hester advises business owners, entrepreneurs, family businesses, high-net-worth individuals, families and trustees on succession planning, estate administration and wealth preservation matters. Her practice focuses on helping clients protect assets, plan effectively for future generations and navigate significant life events with confidence.

While much of her work focuses on business clients and those with complex affairs, she also provides advice to other individuals and families that need guidance on protecting their assets and planning for the future.

Her expertise includes complex will drafting, Inheritance Tax planning, the creation, administration, termination and unravelling of trusts, estate administration and Lasting Powers of Attorney. She advises on a wide range of personal and business succession matters, helping clients navigate significant life events and ensure their affairs are structured efficiently and in accordance with their wishes.

Examples of Hester’s work include:

• Working to restructure an agricultural partnership following the death of two of the partners, including advising on succession planning for three generations through their wills and lifetime gifts of partnership shares from the partners spouses, making the use of the Agricultural and Business Reliefs available.
• Working with clients’ accountants for a bespoke, tax-efficient approach involving the restructure and sale of multiple high-net-worth companies, including assisting on the creation of trusts and working with offshore lawyers to enable the UK trusts to receive assets from offshore trusts as part of the restructure.