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Ms Debbie Gale
Work Department
Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate (South West)
Career
Debbie jointly leads the Private Wealth practice, specialising in succession planning, wills, estate administration and trusts, elderly client law and Court of Protection work.
Debbie has a broad client base and builds strong, long-lasting relationships with clients to plan and advise them throughout their lives, making complex legal points easy to understand. She has particular expertise in dealing with technical aspects of high net worth estates and acts as professional trustee on charitable trusts and family trusts of all sizes.
Debbie is a fully accredited member of The Association of Lifetime Lawyers and an Affiliate of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, holding their Advanced Certificate in Cross Border Estates.
Jurisdiction: England and Wales
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
(Next Generation Partners)Under the leadership of Debbie Gale, the private client team at TLT is very active in trusteeship matters, advising on the creation and administration of a large portfolio of family and charitable trusts often involving multi-jurisdictional business and property holdings. Tax advice in connection with high-value charitable donations and gifts represents another cornerstone of the practice, as does mental capacity work through the Court of Protection, for which Sarah Pitman serves as a key contact. Former practice co-head Claire Johnson left the firm in July 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners South West > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Personal tax, trusts and probate South West > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Bristol
- Employment > Employment: Bristol
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Planning
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Employment > Pensions
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Bristol
- Real estate > Commercial property: Bristol
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Social housing
- Real estate > Environment
- Public sector > Local government
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property