Robert Brodrick

Partner/Chair  |  Payne Hicks Beach
JURISDICTION

TOP SPECIALISMS

Estates: Planning

Trusts: Contentious

Trusts: Planning

Office Location

United Kingdom

Short Biography

Robert advises wealthy individuals, their advisers and trustees in the UK and internationally. Robert also advises on contentious trust and probate work, and has recently been involved in applications to vary and rectify trusts both in the UK and offshore, and is often put forward as an independent trustee or administrator. He is well known for advising high profile US families based in the UK (alongside their existing US advisers) and he is also experienced at advising Middle Eastern families. He is also known for his sensitive handling of complicated family situations.

What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?

The garden restaurant at Annabel’s, Berkeley Square

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

Don’t worry if you don’t know the answer - far better to say let me check and come back to you.

What was your first job?

Kitchen assistant at a pub in Hampshire

What is the book you recommend to everyone?

What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?

Lots of uncertainty due to the prospect of a change of government.