Lucy is a Director and dedicated Private Client lawyer with over 30 years’ experience, advising clients on how to navigate the complexities of family wealth. She works with landowners, farmers, families, trustees and family offices in all aspects of estate planning including wills, trusts, lasting powers of attorney and family governance issues.
Lucy regularly advises on the administration of larger complex family estates and acts as a trustee and attorney for clients. She has particular expertise in wealth preservation, tax and succession planning.
Clients value her personable and collaborative style and is known for advice that is practicable and pragmatic. She is often called to help families resolve situations where legal crises have arisen as a result of deteriorating mental or physical health.
Her experience extends to supporting entrepreneurial and multi-generational private business-owning clients, as well as individuals from the fields of music, entertainment, literature and art. She works closely with other professionals including private bankers, investment managers and accountants.
Lucy ensures her clients receive the best possible advice, blending knowledge across SE-Solicitors to resolve challenges requiring property, corporate, family, disputes and other expertise, or drawing on her network of trusted professional advisers.
A University of Cambridge and College of Law graduate, she worked in London for 10 years before joining SE Solicitors, where she became a partner in 2011. She is Chairman of SE-Solicitors and is Head of the growing Private Client Department.
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