“I find estate planning especially rewarding – it’s an opportunity to provide peace of mind and make a real, positive difference for generations to come.”

Gillian heads our Private Wealth & Tax and Charities teams in the north of Scotland. She advises individuals, families, businesses, landowners, and trustees on a wide range of matters.

Specialising in tax-planning, she also has significant expertise in complex executry work and contentious estates. She often works closely with our Agricultural and Rural, Corporate, and Real Estate teams, and with other trusted advisers such as accountants and financial planners.

Gillian is a fully qualified member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), the global professional association for specialists in family inheritance and succession-planning, and holds the STEP advanced certificate in UK tax for international clients. She has also been a tutor – on the Private Client course at the University of Strathclyde, and on the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice courses at Robert Gordon University and the University of Aberdeen.

Areas of practice include:

Sector experience includes:

Admitted

2010: Scotland

Relevant experience

Acting for a private client in relation to asset protection in connection with a farming partnership, and advising on tax implications and succession-planning options using trusts.
Advising a high-net-worth client in relation to succession-planning, including transfers and gifts (absolute gifts and gifts to trust)
Advising an ultra-high-net-worth private client in relation to the incorporation of a family investment company and subsequent succession-planning advice.
Advising a private client in relation to an asset review, including a property in Canada, and producing a full inheritance tax report on the implications of the management of particular assets within wills.
Advising a private client in relation to a full inheritance tax review of assets, and assessment of the application of business and agricultural relief.
Advising a private client in relation to asset protection options as regards their home, including the tax and compliance implications of each option.
Advising a private client in relation to philanthropic giving, during their lifetime and on death.
Acting for a private client in the establishment and ongoing administration of a charitable foundation.

Professional bodies

2010: Notary Public

“Gillian Campbell is a consummate professional, always kind, and willing to engage fully to understand your needs. She then executes the agreed plans with speed and with excellent communication.”

Legal 500 (2026)

Further testimonials

“Gillian Campbell is very professional but also personable and has a very relaxed demeanour. Always in control and never appears flustered. This reflects in an air of confidence resulting in respect which is well deserved.”

Legal 500 (2025)

“Gillian Campbell was friendly, knowledgeable and helpful over a number of months when dealing with my will. I would not hesitate to recommend others to contact her as her advice was clear and unambiguous.”

Legal 500 (2025)