Personal tax, trusts and probate: Hampshire

Leading partners
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Rachel Brooks
Foot Anstey
Rachel is a Partner in the Private Wealth team who advises clients on tax and estate planning, with a particular niche in rural and landed estates. She can help her clients with drafting a Will, tax planning and administration of complex estates, particularly where there are succession issues. Rachel looks at the strategic planning of assets through the generations for landed estate clients and Farming families. Recently, she has advised on how to do this using business property relief and agricultural property relief to reduce inheritance tax bills and so avoid the need to sell part of the estate. She has also helped clients with creating trust structures and family offices for the protection of assets through successive generations. Rachel can provide sensitive and pragmatic advice to families on the law of mental capacity as well, which many families now find themselves needing to understand when it comes to supporting a loved one with their affairs.
Paula Shea
Blake Morgan LLP
Paula has over 20 years’ experience.  She is a Solicitor, Partner and is Head of the South Coast Succession and Tax Team. Paula is well liked by her clients and is known for her practical and sensitive approach.  She thrives on the technically challenging, unusual and interesting cases and creates innovative solutions to tricky problems.  In addition to entrepreneurs and those with significant business interests, Paula acts for a number of well known sports and media clients in connection with wills, probate, and tax-related matters.  Paula is particularly skilled in advising elderly clients and assisting families with vulnerable children. Paula believes in a holistic approach, working with other advisers and those within her team and the firm to deliver the best outcome for their clients.
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Mihiri Gajraj
Trethowans LLP
Mihiri is a Partner and leads the Private Client team at Trethowans. She qualified as a solicitor in 2009 and has been advising clients ever since. Mihiri undertakes all areas of Private Client work, including tax planning, creating trusts, administering trusts, tax calculations, the preparation of Wills and powers of attorney, and probate and estate administration. Mihiri has experience with tax planning and complex Will drafting and often works closely with the Corporate team and Agricultural team to provide the best solution for their clients when it comes to succession planning including tax considerations for Family Investment Companies and Farming Partnerships. Mihiri regularly creates trusts and administers them for her clients to protect family wealth, vulnerable beneficiaries and mitigate tax. She also prepares Lasting Powers of Attorney and Deputyship applications and deals with probates and estate administration, including those involving foreign assets, business assets and agricultural assets.
Leading associates
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Jonathan Sleep
Blake Morgan LLP
Jonathan is a Senior Associate in the Succession and Tax team in our Southampton Office. Jonathan's main areas of expertise includes dealing with and advising on: The administration of high value estates, including for business owners and farmers Advising on inheritance tax and capital gains tax planning Preparation of Wills, bespoke to his client’s individual requirements Lasting Powers of Attorney Creation of Trusts
Sian Lias
Phillips Solicitors
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