Spanish estate planning and wills

We offer you specialist expertise and advice on wills and estate planning in a UK/Spain context.

Common issues where our team can help include:

• Applicable law and tax with regard to nature and location of property, habitual residence and domicile of the donors in relation to gifts.
• Spanish succession law and forced heirship rules. 
• Advice on Spanish and UK Inheritance Tax. Application of domestic reliefs to avoid assets being taxed in both countries. Inheritance Tax planning.
• Spanish wills, UK wills and their interaction. 
• Lifetime transfers. 

We offer an Anglo-Spanish approach with unique tailor-made solutions for your specific circumstances, with access to an extensive network of contacts (Spanish Notaries, Financial Advisors, Wealth Managers…).

All members of our team are bilingual and have extensive experience navigating the interaction between the Spanish and UK legal systems in matters of succession and inheritance. We guide clients through the complexities of estate planning, ensuring that wills are valid, effective, and optimised across jurisdictions. In today’s global and mobile world, cross-border succession advice that considers the full international picture is essential and that is exactly what the Spanish law team at Russell-Cooke provides.

We belong to the relevant professional associations, including the Spanish Bar Association, the British Spanish Law Association, the ATT (Association of Taxation Technicians) and STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners). 

Charges are based on our hourly rates plus administrative charges and disbursements. We’ll provide an initial estimate of your likely legal costs and will update this if your requirements or the circumstances of the work change.

The current range of hourly rates for members of the team is from £175 plus VAT to £525 plus VAT per hour.

We would be pleased to discuss your requirements free of charge and tailor an estimate for you.