What can I do for you

Virginia specialises in advising landowners and business owners on a range of issues focussing particularly on asset protection and tax planning. She is the trusted advisor to many families; her clients include professionals and other high net worth individuals, often based in London or East Anglia. She is trustee of many family settlements.  

What do others say

"She is a superb lawyer and a superb person to have looking after you." Chambers UK

She is "proficient, efficient and switched on." Legal 500

"With so many thanks for such wise counsel and for being such a good friend." A client

"You have been, as ever, a rock." A client

Supporting your ambitions

Virginia recently advised a landed estate client (both in hand and let property) on an inheritance tax review, which involved closing down old trusts and repatriating an offshore trust, resulting in a simpler structure going forward designed to maximise reliefs from inheritance tax.     

She enjoys helping clients explore their philanthropic goals and advising on suitable structures. 

She recently advised the trustees of various settlements on a share company buyback and associated trust restructuring so that the shares benefit the successor to the company with different assets passing to other family members.

What else should you know?

Virginia worked in the City of London for ten years before returning home to East Anglia. She is a non-executive director of stockbrokers, Barratt & Cooke Holdings Limited. She's also a proponent of the view that people are happier when they live more generous lives. Her own community based voluntary work includes acting as trustee of  YANA  (rural mental health). 

 

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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.”

“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.”