What can I do for you

Andrew specialises in advising high net worth entrepreneurial clients, trustees and their structures. He deals with high value, complex probates for business owning families across multiple jurisdictions, involving will trusts as well as the implementation of post-death reorganisations such as deeds of variation. He has dealt with over 100 probate cases taking up approximately 10 per cent of his time.

What do others say

"The 'extremely personable' Andrew Playle specialises in trusts and related tax issues.” - The Legal 500

Spears 500 describes Andrew's “focus on wealth structuring and advising trustees with private company shares, comprehensive and integrated solutions”.

“Andrew provides our entrepreneur clients with senior private client legal advice in language they understand applied effectively and commercially.” - A leading private client advisor

Supporting your ambitions

Andrew often assists clients with assets in a number of jurisdictions who may be non-resident and/or non-domiciles (including a number of Indian domiciled clients and estates where treaty relief is important). Andrew helps clients balance tax-efficiency, the protection of their assets and the ongoing success of their business interests.

What else should you know?

Andrew has practised in England for most of his career having qualified in 1997. He was also called to the Bermuda Bar in 2003 and practised there until 2005, giving him a deeper and broader understanding of offshore issues and their complexities.

Additional Information

Our probate fees

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What our clients say about us

“I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.”

“They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.”

“All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.”

“I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.”