Sarah von Schmidt

Spear’s Review

Sarah von Schmidt of Farrer & Co works with international families and their family offices, advising trustees and beneficiaries on significant trust restructuring, strategic planning and family governance and succession matters.

Her UK-based clients include entrepreneurs, family businesses and senior executives; her work includes succession planning and wealth structuring, including establishing trusts and developing philanthropic plans. Von Schmidt also advises the trustees of a number of substantial UK trusts, holding a particular interest in next-generation issues.

As a partner leading the firm’s private client group, she has developed an unusually broad range of expertise in the field.

Adviser Profile

Sarah is head of Private Client. She has a strong reputation for her work on trusts, wills and succession planning, and family constitution and governance issues.

On trust matters, she acts for trustees and beneficiaries, including those involved with onshore and international trusts, and associated with large corporations, landed estates, family offices, wealthy individuals and families.

She supports clients on the issues critical to their long-term interests, including governance and constitutions, succession planning, decision making and investments. She also advises on issues linked to holding and structuring wealth, such as planning, tax, philanthropy, wills and the transfer of wealth between generations.