Dr Gregory Laming > Mills & Reeve LLP > Norwich, England > Lawyer Profile
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1 St James Court
WHITEFRIARS
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NR3 1RU
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Dr Gregory Laming
Work Department
Private tax.
Position
Gregory has a wide experience acting for individuals in relation to wills, tax and trust matters, including Court of Protection work. Much of his work has involved creating solutions to tax planning problems and giving detailed inheritance tax, income tax and capital gains tax advice in both the onshore and offshore arenas, and more recently in relation to the pre-owned assets charge. Gregory’s recent work includes advising shareholders in a large property investment company on tax and succession planning, wealthy land owners on structuring their wills and property interests to maximise available inheritance tax reliefs, the trustees of farm land how to minimise their tax exposure on the sale for residential development and giving detailed offshore trust advice.
Career
Trainee solicitor Slaughter and May 1997-99; solicitor Withers 1999-2000; solicitor Mills & Reeve 2000-03; senior solicitor 2003-04; associate 2004-06; partner 2006.
Education
University of Manchester (1990 Joint Hons Chemistry and Physics with Mathematics First Class); Trinity College, Cambridge (1994 PhD Computational Chemistry).
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
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 thinker‘ Gregory 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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
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- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
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