Citywealth Leaders List, 60 seconds interview – Paul Lowery, Boyes Turner

Date: 29 Apr 2026

Karen Jones

This week’s 60 seconds Citywealth Leaders List interview is dedicated to Paul Lowery, Partner and Head of Wills, Trust & Probate at Boyes Turner.

Tell City Wealth Readers a bit about your role

I am a partner at Boyes Turner and have been for the last 10 years and I head up the Wills, Trust and Probate Team.  Together we form part of a Private Wealth offering with the Residential Property and Family teams. 

What does a typical day look like for you?

Like a lot of firms now, we have a hybrid system of working so I will be either two or three days in the office and two or three days at home depending on client demands.  When I am in the office I will do my face to face client meetings and a lot of internal meetings with my team, with other teams and other partners.  My team can contact me and ask me anything at any time but I like to have a face to face sit down together usually on a weekly basis with them to go through their workload and deal with any queries they have to see how they are getting on in general.  I think these face to face meetings are particularly important giving the hybrid model of working. I’ll try and fit in some client work but office days are meeting heavy with the majority of my client work being done at home where its quieter an I can concentrate easily Personally I prefer to be in the office but my commute is a 70 mile round trip so the hybrid model does have some advantages for me.

Tell us about some recent, interesting client instructions/requests you have received.

A theme in recent months has been clients wanting to bring more complexity and nuance into their estate planning.  We’ve been instructed on matters involving cross‑border families where assets, tax exposure and succession expectations all sit in different jurisdictions.  Another involved a business owner looking to balance succession planning with the competing needs of a blended family, requiring a combination of trusts, letters of wishes and corporate governance work to achieve clarity and fairness.  We are also seeing more clients wanting to incorporate digital assets and long‑term care planning into their Wills, which is pushing the conversation beyond the traditional “who gets what” and into broader life‑management territory.

What challenges do your clients face and how are you helping your clients to overcome them.

Clients are navigating an environment that feels increasingly uncertain: shifting tax policy, rising asset values, international mobility and more complex family structures.  Many feel overwhelmed by the volume of decisions they need to make and the fear of “getting it wrong”. My role is to simplify the landscape, give them a clear framework for decision‑making and translate technical issues into practical choices.  I focus on helping clients understand the long‑term implications of their planning, building flexibility into their structures and ensuring their documents reflect both their intentions and their family dynamics.  Ultimately, I’m helping them move from anxiety to clarity, and from good intentions to a plan that actually works.

What is your proudest professional achievement?

I would say actually qualifying as a solicitor, everything after that I see as a bonus.  I career changed in my 30’s after working for nine years with the Home Office and what was then the Immigration and Nationality department.  My career at the Home Office ended with me working for six years as an immigration officer at Terminal 1 at Heathrow Airport.  I studied a graduate diploma in law and the LPC whilst working full time and having a young family.  I know a lot of people do that these days and so I understand how hard that can be.  Also, getting a training contract was a challenge then and I think it is even harder now so I do understand the struggle aspiring solicitors go through.  I eventually qualified when I was 36 years old.

What do you consider to be the most important attributes for a leader?

Firstly to listen to your staff.  Some of the best ideas I have ever had came from the people that were working for me.  It is also important to listen to how people are feeling about their work and their general lives to ensure that they are not struggling and that they are on top of their work and providing the best advice and service to the clients.  Secondly, it is important to be decisive. If you dither too much nothing will ever get done. That doesn’t mean I rush taking decisions but I’ve always been a doer

Who do you most admire and why?

I admire anyone who gives up their own time to help others, particularly those who work in the voluntary sector and for charities.  I know that charities and organisations that rely on volunteers are crying out for help.  If everyone gave just a little bit of their time, the impact on society would be immeasurable.  Whenever I see a CV from a prospective candidate, I am always impressed if I see they give up their personal time to help others.

Where was the last place you travelled to for work or pleasure?

I was in Warsaw in Poland a few weeks ago for a short break.  I do have an interest in history and particularly the Second World War and Warsaw is steeped in that.  It was a museum heavy few days visiting the Museum of Life under Communism, the POLIN museum of the history of Polish Jews and the Warsaw Rising Museum. I’m also off to Ireland shortly where my daughter has been studying at Trinity College in Dublin. We are going to travel around the South and West of Ireland to get a feel of the country

If you were not in this industry, what else might you be doing?

I always thought that I would either be a professional footballer or a heavy metal guitarist except I’m rubbish at football and I can’t play the guitar so to be honest I am not really sure what else I would be doing. It would probably be something involving research and advice as that’s what I enjoy most

How do you relax after a long day?

I do enjoy my football and being from the North East I am a Middlesbrough fan first and foremost.  I’ve held a season ticket at Sutton United in South London for the last six or seven years where I get my fortnightly live football fix and meet up with one of my sons who lives in London but is a massive Sutton United fan.  I also like motorcycles and I have a couple at the moment including my everyday work bike and a 1983 Suzuki trail bike that I am constantly tinkering with to improve my limited mechanical skills.

Paul Lowery’s Citywealth Leaders List profile

Boyes Turner’s Citywealth Leaders List profile

Subscribe to the Citywealth Weekly Newsletter to learn more about Private Wealth Management.

Read more:

IFC Awards – Shortlist | Citywealth | 2026 shortlist best offshore

Citywealth IFC Awards recommended names shortlisted candidates

Citywealth IFC Awards 2026 – Winners

Report on the Citywealth IFC (International Financial Centre) Awards 2026