Zoe Hodge > Greene & Greene > Bury St Edmunds, England > Lawyer Profile
Greene & Greene Offices
80 GUILDHALL STREET
BURY ST EDMUNDS
IP33 1QB
England
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Zoe Hodge
Work Department
Tax, Trusts, Wills and Probate
Position
Senior Associate Solicitor
Career
Zöe qualified as a solicitor in 2003 and joined Greene & Greene’s private client team in February 2020. She has nearly 20 years experience in private client work, having worked in Suffolk her whole career. Zöe is a full member of the Society of Estate Practitioners (STEP). STEP is the leading professional body for trust and estate practitioners worldwide and full members are considered the most experienced and senior practitioners in their field.
Zöe is also a member of Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) having successfully completed the SFE Older Client Care in Practice and SFE Older Client Law in Practice Awards. SFE are a group of specialists lawyers with expert training and best practices for older and vulnerable clients whether that is non able bodied clients or mentally incapacitated clients.
Whilst Zöe is proficient in all aspects of private client work, her area of expertise is in long term tax and succession planning for high net worth individuals/families and acting for older and vulnerable clients with Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection applications.
Zöe prides herself on her high client care standards and is always looking at the bigger picture, bringing in her colleagues and other professional advisors should the need arise. This all round service gives her clients peace of mind that nothing has been overlooked.
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia
(Leading individuals)Clients of Greene & Greene in Bury St Edmunds note that ‘the partnership oozes traditional values without being stuffy or intimidating – a difficult balancing act which they deliver with aplomb‘. The firm handles many complex taxable estates, and acts for numerous high-net-worth clients. Chartered tax adviser Wayne Perrin and property and estate specialist Jonathan Mathers, who has extensive experience in both property and private client work, are the leads. Key names to note include ‘knowledgeable, responsive and efficient’ senior associate and full STEP member Zoe Hodge; ‘utterly professional and patient‘ tax director Nigel Scase; and 2022-promoted ‘thorough, personably and efficient’ partner Martine Swaep, play key roles in the practice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals East Anglia > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia East Anglia > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia