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Our clients include internationally mobile business families with complex cross-border interests, single and multi-family offices and long-established families with heritage assets and landed estates. From helping them to structure and preserve their wealth to resolving disputes, we provide expert and personable advice.
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At Boodle Hatfield, we have been guiding wealthy individuals and families through the legal complexities of planning and protecting their wealth for generations, providing pragmatic and relevant advice.

Today, we are highly attuned to the fast pace of change and expectations – considerations around transparency and risk; ever increasing regulation, international lifestyles and social change to name a few. We blend those factors into our experience to offer robust solutions.

It is by working alongside our clients to truly understand their requirements that we can provide advice which caters for the needs and wishes of each client and family with knowledge and understanding of their history, goals and family philosophy.

Our lawyers are experts in their fields, renowned for being team players and for providing excellence in client service.

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2 min read 24 Sep 2021 Boodle Hatfield wins prestigious STEP Private Client Award 2021

We are delighted to announce that Boodle Hatfield has been awarded Private Client Legal Team of the Year (midsize firm) at the annual Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Awards 2021.

 Read more 4 min read 22 Jul 2021 Boodle Hatfield upholds top band status in Chambers HNW Guide 2021

Boodle Hatfield’s reputation as one of London’s leading private wealth law firms remains, as the firm upholds its band one status in the 2021 High Net Worth (HNW) guide and is recognised in the top ranking of the newly introduced Family Offices & Funds Structuring category.

 Read more 3 min read 27 Aug 2025 James Woods-Davison speaks at the TL4 & ConTrA Private Client Summer School

This Friday, Private Wealth Disputes Senior Associate, James Woods-Davison will be speaking at the TL4 & ConTrA Private Client Summer School in Cambridge. James will join Joanne Morse of Summit Trust International to lead a session on “Value-Driven Investing”. With its mix of expert-led sessions, practical workshops and informal networking, the event offers an invaluable opportunity for junior practitioners to develop their technical expertise and broaden their practice.

 Read more 5 min read 01 Jul 2025 Modernising wills – A significant step, but work is still to be done

In eprivateclient, Partner, Nicola Bushby explores the Law Commission’s Modernising Wills report, highlighting key proposals for reforming the law of wills, such as recognising electronic wills and adopting the test for capacity in lieu of the common law test. While progress is clear, concerns remain, especially around the rule revoking wills upon marriage.

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