What can I do for you

Deborah specialises in assisting clients with their estate planning, helping to protect and control the succession of family wealth. Her work covers advising on the full range of private client matters from tax efficient, flexible and protective Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and dealing with complex estates, to lifetime planning with trusts, Family Investment Companies and preparation of family charters.

What do others say

One client very kindly said that he admired Deborah's capabilities and referred to them as "brilliance" when introducing her to a friend.

Supporting your ambitions

The breadth of Deborah's experience has helped her to advise clients on multi-generational planning, using a range of different structures to suit her client's circumstances. Deborah's tax knowledge helps her to combine tax planning with traditional estate planning, creating innovative solutions, such as her work on Family Investment Companies, which Deborah developed back in 2006. Her corporate experience means she can also assist with advising on the best governance structure for family enterprises. She regularly assists her clients with advice on  the structure of their articles of association and shareholders' agreements, to ensure that they meet the family's overall objectives. 

What else should you know?

The first decade of Deborah's career was in the tax team at a big four accountancy practice where she qualified as a Chartered Tax Adviser before deciding to train to become a barrister. She then spent a number of years working as a corporate tax lawyer before finally settling on specialising in private client work back in 2006.

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What our clients say about us

“I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.”

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