PCS CONTINUES PROGRESS AS FOUNDER SHORTLISTED FOR LEGAL AWARD

The founder and Managing Partner of Private Client Solicitors (PCS) has boasted that the boutique firm is ideally prepared for growth over the course of the coming year.

Tasnim Khalid’s comments coincide with her being shortlisted for another prestigious legal prize.

She is one of nine finalists contesting the Private Client Lawyer of the Year category in the Northern Powerhouse Awards, which are organised by Legal 500.

Ms Khalid said that although the recognition is individual, it should be regarded as a reflection of the progress made by everyone at PCS in the last 12 months.

“We have invested considerably in recruiting and developing very talented individuals as well as the systems and technologies enabling them to offer the very best service possible to clients.

“All that effort really is paying off both in terms of the way which our reputation has spread and the volume of work which that, in turn, has generated.

“I fully appreciate that whilst my name is on the shortlist for the Northern Powerhouse Awards, it is there because of the collective contribution by lawyers and our central support team to the strides which PCS has made.

“Ours is still a relatively young team but we are already identified for a very compelling combination of proven expertise and immense potential.

“That standing means that we are now entrusted with high-value and very complex cases by some of the country’s wealthiest and best-known individuals.

“I have no doubt that the foundations which we have put in place will continue to serve us well across the rest of 2025 and into the future.”

The Private Client Lawyer of the Year title is one of 49 honours which will be decided in a prize-giving ceremony at Manchester’s Kimpton Clocktower Hotel on March the 13th.

The latest edition of the influential Legal 500 listings summarised the capabilities of PCS as “extremely strong”, noting that it was one of the leading teams of specialist Private Client lawyers in the North West. Ms Khalid was herself described as “extremely adept”.

In October, PCS also featured in a list of the 250 best law firms in England and Wales compiled by The Times newspaper.

This latest recognition comes less than a year after Ms Khalid claimed another notable title, triumphing in the ‘One To Watch’ category for emerging female entrepreneurs in the latest edition of the Northern Power Women Awards.

Much of the PCS’ workload is made up of complex probate work, business succession and estate planning but it has also quickly become recognised as the North West’s foremost authority on sharia-related Private Client law.

Its client list features many of the region’s wealthiest individuals and most notable entrepreneurs, and its recent workload has extended across several different jurisdictions, including Spain, Hong Kong, the Middle East and North America.

During 2024, its most significant cases included the restructuring of a family office worth £100 million and a business succession planning matter extending across a number of different jurisdictions.

The PCS team also successfully dealt with a complex probate dispute worth more than £10 million, acting in their capacity as professional trustees.

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