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14 May 2026
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Payne Hicks Beach—Flora Hussey

Private client department announces partner hire

Payne Hicks Beach has appointed Flora Hussey as a partner in its private client department, further expanding the firm’s private wealth and family office offering. Hussey joins from New Quadrant Partners.

Hussey advises high net worth individuals and families on UK taxation, wealth structuring and succession planning, with experience handling complex multi-generational matters. At Payne Hicks Beach, she will support the continued development of the firm’s family office practice.

Commenting on her appointment, Hussey said: ‘I am excited to be joining Payne Hicks Beach at such an important stage of my career.’ She added that the firm has ‘a long-standing reputation for excellence and a distinguished heritage in private client work’.

Robert Brodrick, chair of Payne Hicks Beach, described Hussey as ‘an outstanding lawyer with a strong and well-established practice within the family office sector’. He added: ‘We are delighted to welcome her to the partnership.’

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Payne Hicks Beach—Flora Hussey

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