Harriet Ballard

Associate, Private Client

Harriet is an Associate in our Private Client team.

She advises both international and UK individuals, trustees and beneficiaries on tax, trusts, estate planning and succession issues. Harriet advises on tax efficient UK Will planning as well as cross-border Wills and succession planning. She has a particular interest in advising clients in relation to US/UK cross-border matters.

Harriet acts for ultra and high net worth individual and families on the establishment and use of trusts and other structures for succession and estate planning purposes.

She practises as a solicitor but Harriet also qualified as a barrister (Year of Call 2022). She read Theology at Durham University and has a masters in Law and Business. Harriet trained at Russell-Cooke and joined Forsters in 2024.