Laura Richards
Senior Associate
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023 9253 0398
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Laura is a Senior Associate in the Succession & Tax Team. She deals with a wide range of clients in relation to their estate planning and has particular expertise in relation to trusts.
Main areas of practice
Laura assists clients in preparing wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney, inheritance tax planning advice and in relation to the preparation, dissolution and administration of trusts. She has particular experience in advising trustees and beneficiaries of trusts as well as individual clients.
Clients
Laura assists private clients who are involved a trust, often trustees and beneficiaries and their families.
Expertise
Career
Laura graduated from Queen Mary University of London in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in history. She went on to obtain a master’s degree from Kings College London, before pursuing a career in law.
Laura completed her Graduate Diploma in Law/Common Professional Exam at in 2012 and her Legal Practice Course in 2015, both at Bournemouth University. Laura spent several years working for a firm in Dorset where she began her training.
Laura started her career with the succession and tax team at Blake Morgan in October 2016 and qualified as a solicitor in February 2017.
Contact details
023 9253 0398
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Memberships
- Full Member of the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP)
- STEP Central Southern Committee member
Significant Experience
- Assisting trustees with investing trust funds.
- Advising trustees on their duties and powers.
- Dealing with the appointment and retirement of trustees and the transfer of trust property.
- Providing advice to clients in relation to the tax implications of various types of trusts.
- Distributing trust funds to beneficiaries.
Additional Expertise
She also has experience in Trusts, Wills and Probate, Family Law, and Dispute Resolution. Laura also spent several years working in the property department of a firm in Dorset.
Laura is a Full Member of the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP) having obtained her Diploma in the Administration of Trusts and Estates in July 2022. She is also on the STEP Central Southern Committee and holds the role of Student Liaison Officer since June 2024.
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