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Katie Gotrel

Professional Support Lawyer

What can I do for you

Katie joined Mills & Reeve as a professional support lawyer for the private client team in October 2025. Having qualified as a solicitor in 2016, she has worked in private client since, advising on all aspects of private client work, including personal tax, trusts, Wills, probate, lasting powers of attorney and estate planning. Katie’s passion for knowledge sharing and her strong technical experience now lends itself perfectly to supporting lawyers across our national team. She keeps them up to date on the latest developments in this area, offers technical advice, and ensures best practice know-how.

Supporting your ambitions

At Mills & Reeve, we understand that private client is a fast-evolving area of law due to the frequent shifts in tax laws and regulations, and the impact that socio-economic factors have on our clients. Katie is committed to continual improvement and knows the importance of maintaining the highest level of competence and knowledge for our lawyers. She supports them through these changes by ensuring the best quality resources and training opportunities are readily accessible. Katie also works with technology to streamline processes and ensure our private client lawyers are continually working smarter for our clients.

What do others say

Katie is a fully qualified member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). She has been commended for her technical ability, commercial acumen and conscientiousness.

“Katie has a solid grasp of inheritance tax and estate planning. I appreciate her care and attention to detail, as well as her unflashy competence.”

What else should you know

Katie worked on a number of high-profile private wealth cases before joining us, including working with elite sportsmen and wealthy business owners. She therefore brings a wealth of experience to Mills & Reeve and a passion for team collaboration, encouraging greater crossover between our private client and corporate services.

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.
  • They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.
  • All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.
  • I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.

As many clients will testify, too many lawyers deliver the required legal expertise but fail to deliver an outstanding client experience. Which is why we always listen to our clients and constantly ask ourselves what we can do to deliver the results you expect.

You expect a close and attentive working relationship, with a lawyer that is responsive and available when you need them. You also want clear, pragmatic and commercial advice tailored to your needs, and transparency and certainty on costs. We completely agree. That’s why every day, through our culture and approach we are committed to delivering the exceptional results and service our clients expect of us.

Related sectors and services

  • Private client
  • Private wealth