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Blackadders LLP Offices

Blackadders LLP
30&34 Reform Street
DD1 1RJ
United Kingdom
Visit website 01241 876620 01382 342220

Laura McDowall

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01382 342472 laura.mcdowall@blackadders.co.uk

Work Department

Private Client

Position

Partner and Head of Private Client, Laura specialises in adults with incapacity, including powers of attorney, guardianship orders and financial management. Also experienced in dealing with wills, trusts, taxation, charities and executry estates. Instructed by local authorities to assist with their duty to make arrangement for financial intervention and guardianship orders. Referrals from social work departments and other firms of solicitors. Current directorships: Help For Kids.

Career

Trained Blackadders, qualified 2008, partner 2013 . Trainee solicitor, assistant solicitor, senior solicitor, associate solicitor, partner with Blackadders 2006 to date.

Memberships

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

Secretary to the City of Dundee Burgess Charity

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries

With a strong presence in the north of Scotland, the private client practice at Blackadders LLP acts for a wide range of clients, including individuals, trustees, executors and businesses. The group handles the full range of tax, trusts and executries issues and has a particularly strong personal wealth offering. Laura McDowall and Gillian Brown jointly head the practice, which also includes Johnston Clark and Dale Ross. The team strengthened its estates and trusts planning and administration capabilities with the arrival of Karen Phillips from Balfour+Manson LLP in 2022.

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