Laura is an Associate in our Private Wealth & Tax team.
She is experienced in advising clients in the preparation of wills, trusts and powers of attorney as well as tax- and estate-planning. She specialises in the administration of a variety of complex testate and intestate estates, frequently dealing with HMRC on Inheritance Tax compliance aspects and including executries with agricultural, business and international elements.
Laura also has a growing partnership practice, and an interest in tax- and succession-planning for those with farming and landed estate interests.
- Acting in the administration of an estate with complex assets in multiple jurisdictions including Scotland, Italy, France and Liechtenstein, and co-ordinating probate processes in these jurisdictions.
- Acting in a complex high net worth estate with multiple landed estates and National Heritage assets with a connected trust worth approx £30 million which required an application to the Court of Session for judicial variation of the trust deed.
- Setting up of a family investment company with approx £40 million of assets and the ongoing management of the company and underlying limited partnership on an annual basis.
- Advising in the administration of an estate with complex partnership, farming and business assets including the petition to the Court of Session under its nobile officium to ensure continuity for the family business.
