Amrit is a partner at Bindmans and Head of our Private Client team. Having joined the firm in 2019, she established the Private Client team and has focused on the continued development of the team ever since.
With over 18 years’ extensive experience in private client matters, her work covers all areas of private client work including will drafting, estate and trust administration, contentious estates and trusts, and a broad range of Court of Protection matters.
Amrit’s work includes providing bespoke advice to clients dealing with their estate planning needs, including succession planning, preserving wealth, and tax mitigation. She has also advised clients in relation to trust structures and lifetime gifts. For many years, Amrit has acted for elderly clients and assisted with their later life planning needs.
She has specialist experience in handling contentious probate disputes, adopting a sensitive and pragmatic approach with an aim to achieve the most cost-effective resolutions for her clients. Amrit advises executors or personal representatives on all aspects of estate administration, she has experience in dealing with complex estates and trust matters often involving company matters with an element of international work.
Amrit’s Court of Protection work covers all elements of assisting clients to manage their property and financial affairs, and she is a court appointed deputy for clients who have suffered brain damage. Having undertaken considerable Court of Protection work, Amrit has gained experience in dealing with individuals’ mental capacity issues, helping clients to make decisions relating to their welfare and financial affairs, and advising on lasting powers of attorney and deputyship applications.
Amrit’s experience spans working with clients from diverse communities, she has an excellent reputation and is known to adopt a sensitive and caring approach when dealing with client matters.
She has worked on high profile cases, having advised on the estates of murder victims, worked with US attorneys in relation to providing advice on plane crash victims‘ estates, and advice on estates of individuals who have died as a result of negligence.
Professional memberships
- Member of Law Society’s Private Client Section
- STEP affiliate member