Wills and estate planning across two countries — did you get this sorted before or after moving?

A friend's parent passed away recently while living abroad and the family spent months untangling which country's inheritance rules actually applied, which was a genuinely awful thing to be dealing with on top of grief. It's pushed us to finally sort our own affairs properly rather than assuming our old will still covers everything.

We're now stuck on some basics: whether we need entirely separate wills for assets in each country or one that covers everything, how the two legal systems interact if they disagree, and whether this is really a job for a specialist or something a general solicitor can handle competently.

Did you sort this before moving, after, or are you (like us until recently) still putting it off? Would love to hear how others approached it, especially anyone who found a specific type of advisor worth the cost.