Lauren Parker > Mills & Reeve LLP > Norwich, England > Lawyer Profile

Mills & Reeve LLP
1 St James Court
WHITEFRIARS
NORWICH
NR3 1RU
England

Work Department

Private Client

Position

Lauren is a partner and head of landed estates. Advises high net worth clients with a focus on landed estates and land consortiums.  Work includes complex trust restructuring, succession planning, business structuring to secure inheritance and capital gains tax reliefs, conditional exemption claims and land pooling arrangements.

Career

Trainee solicitor at Birkett Long 2005-2007.  Joined Mills & Reeve in 2007.  Became a partner in 2017.  Appointed director of Norfolk Churches Trust Limited 2021. 

Memberships

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Country Land and Business Association

Education

Lancaster University BA (Hons) Religious Studies, 1st. 2000-2003.

College of Law, Chester.  Graduate Diploma in Law (commendation, 2004) and Legal Practice Course (distinction, 2005). 

STEP Diploma for England & Wales (Trusts & Estates) (2010).

Lawyer Rankings

East Anglia > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich

(Leading individuals)

Lauren ParkerMills & Reeve LLP

The Norwich-based team at Mills & Reeve LLP is noted for its real depth and breadth of experience and knowledge’ and clients note that the practitioners in the team are ‘very hands-on and proactive’. The firm acts for numerous landed estates, entrepreneurs and high-net worth individuals in the UK and overseas. Practice head Lauren Parker ‘deals with complicated matters in a calm and helpful manner.’ Senior partner Justin Ripman and ‘very clever and innovative thinkerGregory Laming play key roles in the practice. Virginia Edgecombe is a key adviser to landowners on asset protection and tax planning, working closely with June 2022-promoted partner and ‘extremely bright and thoughtful adviser’ Elizabeth Field. Alexandra Clark is a senior associate to note in the team. Vastly experienced partner Catherine Scott joined from Howes Percival LLP in January 2023.