Nicola Walker (nee Birchby) - Partner - Private Client Solicitors

Nicola Walker (nee Birchby) –
Partner

Nicola is a Partner in the team and joins us after gaining over 13 years experience at international
and national law firms and is recognised in both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 for her expertise.

At Private Client Solicitors we are devoted to protecting your private wealth.

Nicola deals with all aspects of Private Client work relating to death and mental capacity, whether that be wills, probate and estate administration, lasting powers of attorney or the creation of trusts. She has a following of domestic and international clients and is highly regarded in the Manchester market.

She predominantly acts for high net worth and ultra high net worth individuals whether dealing with Probate and estate administration (including cross-border estates) or the preparation of wills and lifetime planning.

She provides general succession, inheritance tax and asset protection planning to multiple generations of families as well as creating and administering onshore trusts and providing advice to trustees.

She also prepares and registers Lasting Powers of Attorney with the Office of the Public Guardian and is happy to assess capacity and act as a certificate provider. She manages a range of court of protection matters for both lay and professional deputies and is experienced in obtaining statutory wills.

Nicola is a qualified “TEP” (Registered Trust and Estate Practitioner) and sits on the STEP Manchester branch committee and also sits on the Manchester Law Society Private Client Committee.

She was ranked as an ‘Associate to Watch’ in the Chambers UK High Net Worth Guide private wealth law category for three consecutive years (2019, 2020 & 2021).

She was shortlisted for the Made in Manchester 2021 Lawyer of the Year award.

She is a recommended individual in the Legal 500 2022 guide.

Despite her legal credentials, she hasn’t lost her Boltonian roots and prides herself on cutting through legal jargon and providing clients with personable and honest advice. She regularly goes the extra mile to ensure client satisfaction.

Chambers & Partners –

“Nicola Walker is an impressive individual. She is by far the best private client lawyer I have worked with. She is not only highly technical but is personable, empathetic and responsive” 

“Nicola Walker has the ability to make every client feel like they are her only client”

Legal 500 –

“Nicola Walker is exceptional – both with her technical ability and her client facing skills”

“I find Nicola Walker extremely knowledgeable and unique in what she can offer – she goes the extra mile not only for me but also for my clients”

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  • Memberships held

  • MANCHESTER LAW SOCIETY PRIVATE CLIENT COMMITTEE

‘Associate to Watch’ in 2019, 2020 & 2021

Nicola’s Experience includes:

  • Nicola has acted for the trustees of a multi-million pound discretionary trust including overseeing the investment of funds, providing inheritance tax advice, calculation of exit charges and submission of inheritance tax accounts and all related advice and guidance to the trustees as well as dealing with requests from the beneficiaries.
  • Nicola has acted in various multi-million pound court of protection cases which have involved inheritance tax efficient discretionary statutory wills, permission to gift, equalisation of estates and to sell and purchase property and undertake related adaptations.
  • Nicola has acted for the executors in a multi-million pound estate which included both business property relieved assets and agricultural property relief and the related implications of the sale of a farm, liquidation of the company and providing tax planning advice to the wider family including the preparation of a deed of variation and creation of a discretionary trust to mitigate the inheritance tax position for future generations.
  • Nicola has provided inheritance tax and succession planning advice to various families worth in excess of £150m including the preparation of tax efficient wills and creation of various trusts for them as well as the preparation of lasting powers of attorney with specific investment wording appropriate for high net worth individuals.
  • Nicola acts as a professional trustee, attorney and executor to her clients when required and has been appointed by the court on various matters as an independent administrator to resolve disputed estates. She is well experienced in dealing with estates worth between £200,000 – £50,000,000.
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At Private Client Solicitors, we are always on the look out for exceptional people to join our growing team. We would be delighted to have a conversation with anyone with private client legal experience who believes in our overall ethos – which is to put our clients at the forefront of everything that we do.