Withers LLP

Partner in wealth planning department.

Dora specialises in all aspects of probate, succession and tax planning, both domestic and international, particularly for high net worth families and family offices. She often coordinates teams of professional advisers for major estates, both internally and externally, and deals with the non-contentious aspects of disputes relating to the validity of Wills, Inheritance (Provision for Family Independence) Act 1975 claims, construction and rectification of Wills, working closely with the Contentious Trust and Succession team. Dora specialises in international estates, in particular estates with a US and UK element, and domicile claims, including providing assistance for stress testing domicile pre-death.

Qualified 1985; Withers, partner since 2008. Dora is a regular lecturer on probate, succession and tax, including various seminars in the US and UK dealing with the estates with a US/UK element, highlighting the pitfalls, and in Italy and Switzerland dealing with succession issues, as well as various seminars and webinars in the UK dealing with changes to the Non Contentious Probate Rules and UK intestacy rules. She is a contributor to the 4th, 5th, and 6th Editions of McCutcheon in Inheritance Tax by Sweet & Maxwell, in particular to the chapter on The Charge on death, Partly Exempt Transfers and Posthumous Arrangements, as well as being the coauthor of the Withers LLP publication Planning for the Future and Beyond, a guide to issues arising in the context of US/UK estates and has written articles on the same.

Member of Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) UK; Practice Committee (chair 2010 to 2012).

University of London, Queen Mary College (LLB), College of Law, Lancaster Gate.

Travelling, especially exploring new destinations, music.