Nicole Gallop Mildon

With nearly 30 years’ experience in cross-border private client matters, Nicole helps clients navigate the legal and practical complexities that arise when families, assets and estates span multiple jurisdictions, particularly England & Wales and France.

She advises high-net-worth individuals, international families, expatriates, British nationals with assets in France, French nationals living in the UK and fellow professional advisers on a wide range of cross-border private client matters.

Her advice is practical, commercially focused and tailored to the specific legal requirements of each jurisdiction.

Nicole’s expertise includes:

• UK-France estate planning
• UK and French wills
• Probate and estate administration
• French succession law
• Cross-border inheritance and wealth planning
• Deeds of variation
• Domicile, long-term residence and habitual residence
• Lifetime gifts
• Lasting Powers of Attorney, incapacity planning and French equivalents
• Matrimonial property regimes and marriage contracts
• Affidavits of English and French law

French property and succession planning

Nicole also advises clients on the purchase, ownership, inheritance and disposal of French property, helping them understand the legal, tax and succession implications across both jurisdictions.

Her experience extends beyond England & Wales and France, enabling her to advise on wider international aspects of cross-border estate planning and succession where multiple jurisdictions are involved.

Nicole provides advice in both English and French, ensuring clients can navigate complex legal matters confidently in either language.

Thought leadership

Nicole is a recognised authority in UK-France private client law and regularly speaks at conferences in both the UK and France. She has written extensively on cross-border succession and private client issues, with articles published in STEP Journal, Private Client Magazine and The Telegraph.

Professional memberships

Nicole is:

• Honorary Secretary of the Anglo-Belgian Society
• A member of the City of London Solicitors’ Livery Company
• An Affiliate Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)

Education

Nicole holds undergraduate degrees in English Law (LLB) and French Law (Maîtrise) from King’s College London and Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. She also holds postgraduate qualifications in French notarial law (DESS Droit Notarial and Diplôme Supérieur de Notariat) from Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Languages

• English
• French (bilingual)
• Spanish