Bury & Bolton based law firm Clough & Willis has appointed Nicola Finbow as the new head of its Private Client department.

Nicola joins Clough & Willis from Temperley Taylor Solicitorsand she has previously worked at Butcher & Barlow. Her new role will see her focusing on a variety of core work including wealth and succession planning, inheritance tax advice, trust creation and administration, wills, lasting powers of attorney and estate administration.

Nicola - who is full member of STEP, the global professional association for practitioners who specialise in family inheritance and succession planning, and a Dementia Friend - will be primarily based at the firm’s Bury head office but she will also have a presence in the Bolton office.

Nicola studied at Keele University and Montpellier University. She took her Legal Practice Course at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Lee Marston, managing partner of Clough & Willis, commented:

“Nicola is one of the region’s leading private client lawyers so we are delighted that she has joined Clough & Willis. I’m sure her experience will add real value and direction to the department and wider firm.”

Nicola added:

“I’ve respected Clough & Willis for many years so I am really pleased to have joined the firm. I’m now looking forward to building on the established reputation that the Private Client team already has.”