Maia Smith

Maia qualified as a solicitor in September 2024. She regularly manages complex probate matters, advises on the establishment of a wide range of lifetime trusts – including education trusts, bare trusts, and disabled person’s trusts – and drafts Wills tailored to clients with unique requirements, such as overseas assets, specific personal wishes, or intricate trust structures.

Prior to joining Wedlake Bell, she worked as a personal assistant to the Managing Director of a non-fiction division at Penguin Random House, where she enjoyed helping to publish celebrity memoir and cookbooks.

• Helping to administer complex estates with cross-border elements and trusts.
• Helping to provide estate planning advice for individuals with multi-jurisdictional estates, including preparing wills and lifetime trusts.
• Advising on and preparing lasting powers of attorney.

• Globally Speaking (14 May 2025) – “Will the UK trump the US following the April 2025 non-dom reforms?”
• Employment Bulletin (25 April 2024) – “Prevention is better than cure: Employer’s duty to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace”
• QIA (29 September 2023) Also published externally by Expert Witness in December 2023n  – “Auctions: How to get over the risks of being under the hammer?”
• QIA (29 September 2023) – “The buyer of my land agreed to a top up payment. I think the trigger event was activated – why haven’t I seen a penny?”
• Pensions Compass (15 September 2022) – “Funding and investment strategy for DB schemes – are the proposed 2023 amending regulations useful, or a dog’s dinner?”
• Pensions Compass (15 June 2022) – “Part 4 – Escaping TPR Penalties: recent tribunal decisions show high bar for employer success”