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Daniel Watson

Senior Associate

Daniel completed his training contract at Hunters, and joined the firm’s Private Client Department upon qualifying as a solicitor in November 2017.

Daniel has experience in a broad range of private client matters covering: tax and estate planning; wills; trusts; powers of attorney and mental capacity matters; and probate and estate administration (including cross-border estates). Daniel has a particular interest in advising on Court of Protection applications, including deputyships and statutory Wills; and in advising on the use of trusts for vulnerable beneficiaries (such as individuals with a disability, or declining mental capacity).

Daniel qualified as a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) in July 2025, having completed the STEP Diploma with a Distinction. Daniel is also a full accredited member of The Association of Lifetime Lawyers: What is a Lifetime Lawyer?. He is a Dementia Friend and helps those with dementia feel understood and supported when advising them.

He regularly writes for the national press and legal publications, and has been published in The Times, FT Advisor, Taxation and Bloomberg.

Daniel read English Law with French Law at the University of Manchester, where he was awarded the R G Lawson academic prize for Comparative Law, and completed the Legal Practice Course at the University of Law.

Daniel was included in the eprivateclient NextGen Leaders list for 2025.

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