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Sarah manages the National Private Wealth team at Weightmans. Sarah is a Private Client specialist, who is experienced in all areas of lifetime and post-death tax planning to achieve a positive end result for the client by offering a holistic approach which puts a client’s objectives and needs first. 

Over her 25 years in law, Sarah has amassed a wealth of experience including:

  • Complex estate planning advice in order to mitigate tax and ensure structured succession of clients’ wealth including their business and agricultural interests;
  • Cross-border matters including EU inheritance and succession planning and Wills and estate planning advice to give effect to Sharia Law;
  • Estate administration including complex multi-jurisdictional taxable estates and those comprising of business and agricultural property;
  • Advising on, creating and administering vulnerable beneficiary trusts for clients who require assistance in management of their compensation payments or inheritance;
  • Advising clients on how to give effect to their philanthropic aims through use of charitable trusts and CIO structures;
  • Advising Charity trustees in respect of all governance and compliance maters relating to the running of their charities including ‘corrective’ work;
  • Working closely with the Charity Commission on behalf of her clients on complex applications including merging of charities and amendment of charitable objects.

Sarah’s particular interest is in complex trust matters and she has acquired a strong reputation for administering and acting as a trustee on trusts which have had historical issues either in respect of family relationships or compliance. She regularly is appointed by clients as a professional executor and trustee who see her as their trusted family adviser.  

Sarah is a full member of the Society and Trust and Estate Practitioners and the Law Society Private Client Section. Sarah has been recognised in the Acquisition International Influential Businesswomen awards for both 2023 and 2024 as a top lawyer for Private Wealth.

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  • Sarah's client service is exemplary.

    Chambers and Partners 2025

  • Sarah is technically superb, her knowledge is fantastic and she is extremely thorough.

    Chambers and Partners 2025

  • Sarah has an impressive ability to communicate with and build a relationship with the client, which is further backed up by her outstanding knowledge.

    Chambers and Partners 2025

  • My client's determination to move with her from companies she worked with previously reflects her particular qualities of sustained relationship, warmth, compassion and integrity.

    Legal 500 2024

  • Sarah responds flexibly, promptly and creatively to all questions and requests, always recognising the client's capacity and respecting their decisions.

    Chambers and Partners 2024

  • Sarah is a lovely person to deal with, who is really solid in her knowledge. She has built the team from scratch, and is really impressive in the market.

    Chambers and Partners 2024

  • Experienced in all areas of lifetime and post-death tax planning and is a full member of the Society and Trust Estate Practitioners.

    Legal 500 2023

  • Sarah is approachable, diligent and explains complicated legal topics with ease

    Chambers and Partners 2022

  • Sarah clearly has the client's interests at the centre of all work that she does.

    Chambers HNW Guide 2022

  • Sarah Walker of Weightmans heads the wills, trusts and estates team in Birmingham and has " a really strong knowledge of trusts and taxation", according to an interviewee.

    Chambers and Partners 2022

  • Sarah Louise Walker is able to put clients at ease by making complex legal matters simple for them to understand. This is underpinned by exceptional technical knowledge.

    Legal 500 2025

  • "The knowledge of Sarah Louise Walker in particular is second to none. She always goes above and beyond for clients, ensuring that their needs and requirements are always put first. She has a deep understanding of taxation and trusts, which is embedded by her knowledge."

    Legal 500 2025