Ms Sandra Brown > Michelmores LLP > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile

Bristol-based Sandra Brown heads the ‘technically very strong team’ at Michelmores LLP. At the London office, Dhana Sabanathan has significant experience of working with ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, entrepreneurs, trustees, corporates, and owner-managed businesses. She advises several single-family offices, and in addition to advising UK-based clients, she also acts for clients who are based in Europe, the US, Asia, and the Middle East. James Frampton heads up the US/UK estate planning side of the practice.

Michelmores LLP‘s team is spread across a network of offices in the region, allowing it to comprehensively counsel local and national clients, as well as high-net-worth individuals with connections to the US, on a wide range of private wealth questions. Entrepreneurial clients benefit from James Frampton‘s knowledge of business property relief matters and extensive understanding of US-UK estate planning matters, while practice head Sandra Brown cements the team’s strong reputation for high-value trust administration. Edward Porter handles a wide variety of tax matters and is well regarded for his advice on trust and charity structuring and restructuring mandates. The team’s strengths in landed estate work were bolstered with the arrival of Iwan Williams from Shakespeare Martineau LLP as part of the opening of a new office in Cheltenham in May 2023.