Rhiannon Winter
Partner
Private Client
Rhiannon has extensive experience supporting a wide range of clients and their families. She provides clear, practical advice on complex private client matters, helping clients put in place effective plans for their lifetime and beyond.
She provides estate planning advice to include forms of lifetime gifting and the use of trusts where appropriate and subject to the client’s aims and personal circumstances. Rhiannon ensures that clients understand how their estate will be dealt with after death.
She supports Executors in administering complex and challenging estates, guiding them through the legal, tax-related, and practical aspects of the process.
Rhiannon works closely with other professionals, including IFAs and colleagues across departments, to deliver a comprehensive service.
Rhiannon Winter qualified as a Solicitor in 2000.
Work highlights
HIGH NET WORTH ESTATES
Administering high net worth Estate in excess of £20 million to ensure all tax reliefs are claimed including BPR and advising on Deeds of Variation to assist beneficiaries with their own tax planning.
INTESTACY RULES
Advising a client on intestacy where they were not married or in a civil partnership with their partner who died, and therefore not able to inherit under current law. Considering position with other family members after they obtained independent advice as to how to proceed and drafting relevant documents and probate application to achieve agreed outcome for all.
Recent articles
Insights
From 6 April 2027, the total value of an estate will include unused pension funds and pension death benefits, increasing the total estate value for IHT purposes.
12/05/2026
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Unlike a bequest in a Will, a deathbed gift does not require the same formalities. This flexibility can make them appealing - but it also makes them legally precarious.
10/03/2026
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When someone dies, their executors must navigate not only traditional estate administration but the complex world of digital assets.
09/03/2026
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Probate is the commonly used word for the process of dealing with the affairs of someone after they die and winding up their estate.
19/01/2026