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Ashtons Legal Offices
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THE LONG BARN
Fornham Business Court, Fornham St Martin
BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK
IP31 1SL
England
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Alan Brown
Work Department
Personal Tax, Trusts & Probate
Position
Partner
Career
Alan is a Partner in our Lifetime Planning team.
He is a private client specialist who has been with the firm for over 30 years and is a former Managing Partner of Ashton Graham.
Alan is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), specialising in capital tax planning, including acting for clients with foreign assets and non-UK domiciles, Wills, probate, trusts, long-term care planning and matters affecting the elderly client.
Languages
English
Memberships
Law Society ( including Probate Section)
STEP
Education
UEA 1981-1984 LLB
College of Law 1984-1985
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia
(Hall of Fame)The lifetime planning practice at Ashtons Legal ‘has a diverse mix of skills and can provide complex advice collaboratively’. The firm has as a strong regional, agricultural and owner-managed business client base, and also acts for many multi-generational client families in Suffolk. In Bury St Edmunds, deputy CEO and head of the practice Alan Brown is regarded as being ‘an expert in trusts and very knowledgeable on financial and investment-related matters‘; French law expert Matthew Cameron is also a key contact. Highly regarded senior associates Chris Cumberbatch and Faye Stolls work from the same office. In Ipswich, head of lifetime planning Janette Wand, and Louise Cardwell are the key practitioners.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame East Anglia > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia East Anglia > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Norwich
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Real estate > Commercial property: Norwich
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Norwich
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Transport and shipping
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in East Anglia