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29 April 2026
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Lawrence Stephens—Amanda Nelson

 Partner joins private wealth and succession planning team

Lawrence Stephens has appointed Amanda Nelson as a partner to bolster its private wealth and succession planning practice. She joins with extensive experience advising UK and international individuals, families and family businesses on tax, trusts and succession matters.

Nelson’s expertise includes inheritance and capital gains tax, family governance, philanthropy and charity law. She has also advised trustees, beneficiaries, charities and family offices, often on matters with an international element, spanning both onshore and offshore trust and succession issues.

She said she is ‘delighted to be joining’ the firm during ‘such an exciting period of growth’ and highlighted its ‘strong reputation for assisting individuals in planning their financial futures’, adding she looks forward to supporting clients with their private wealth and succession planning needs.

Gareth Hughes, head of private wealth and succession planning, said the firm is ‘very pleased to welcome Amanda’, adding her ‘extensive expertise’ and ‘reputation for discreet, yet effective advice’ will be valued by clients and the wider private wealth ecosystem.

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