With us today is the thoughtful and engaging Emma Geale, Principal Associate at Mills & Reeve and a specialist in private client law. Emma joins Adrian to reflect on her career journey, the evolving nature of wealth planning and how lawyers can bring both expertise and empathy to high-stakes family matters.

This conversation traces Emma’s progression through law and highlights some fascinating themes along the way:

• How a chance exposure to her grandmother’s estate process helped shape her interest in private client work and the power of being truly “advisory”;
• Why she believes private client law combines the best of technical detail with real human connection and what that looks like in practice;
• How she’s using LinkedIn (and Taylor Swift lyrics) to open up conversations around mental health, personal identity and business development;
• What the changing inheritance tax landscape means for business owners, farmers and entrepreneurs, and how her team is helping clients navigate uncertain waters; and
• Why she believes confidence in law grows from competence, curiosity and the courage to say, “Let me get back to you.”

And finally, stay tuned for a candid discussion on introversion, influence and what it really takes to build trust, whether it’s with clients, colleagues, or your in-laws at the dinner table.