Laura Willis > Myerson Solicitors LLP > Altrincham, England > Lawyer Profile
Myerson Solicitors LLP Offices
GROSVENOR HOUSE
20 BARRINGTON ROAD
ALTRINCHAM
WA14 1HB
England
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Laura Willis
Work Department
Wills, Trusts and Probate
Position
Senior Associate in our Wills, Trusts and Probate department.
Laura deals with all aspects of Private Client work relating to Wills, Trusts, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Probate. She advises business owners and high net worth individuals about the preparation of Wills with appropriate structures and lifetime tax planning.
Laura has experience in administering a range of estates, including high value taxable estates, cross border estates and estates with beneficiaries in dispute.
She advises about creating trusts for tax planning purposes or to protect personal injury compensation, and she acts for trustees in relation to the day-to-day running of ongoing high value trusts.
Career
Laura studied Politics and History at Newcastle University before completing her law degree in York. She undertook her training contract at a Manchester city centre firm and qualified as a Solicitor in 2013. She assisted in the Family team and the Private Client team immediately upon qualification before specialising solely in Wills, Trusts and Probate work since 2014.
Memberships
She is a fully qualified Trusts Estate Practitioner, having completed the STEP diploma in Trusts and Estates in 2017 and attained the highest mark in her exam sitting for Taxation of Trusts and Estates. She is a member of the Manchester Law Society Private Client Committee.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the North West
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the North West
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the North West
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
Firm Rankings
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Construction
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery