Deborah Clark > Mills & Reeve LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile
Mills & Reeve LLP Offices
No.1 Circle Square
3 Symphony Park
MANCHESTER
M1 7FS
England
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Deborah Clark
Work Department
Private Client
Position
Partner and Barrister specialising in estate planning for high net worth individuals, including advising on Wills, trusts, lasting powers of attorney and probate matters. Deborah has particular experience advising clients with business interests where understanding of both corporate and private tax issues is key. Deborah has a national reputation for advising on the design and formation of family investment companies especially when used as an estate planning tool and regularly lectures on this area to accountants, lawyers and financial advisers nationally. She also has significant experience in advising on the transition to employee ownership structures and succession planning.
Career
Tax consultant, KPMG 1988-1998; 1998/99 studied at Inns of Court School of Law to qualify as a Barrister; Tax practitioner/Associate Wragge & Co 1999-2006; May 2006 to date, Mills & Reeve; partner 2012.
Memberships
Chartered Institute of Tax, Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners, Association of Taxation Technicians, Chairman of the STEP Manchester Branch
Education
Northampton High School for Girls, Staffordshire University (part-time evening) (1998 LLB)
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
(Hall of Fame)Mills & Reeve LLP
act on a range of personal tax and estate matters, including inheritance tax mitigation strategies, advising on trusts and trustee duties, and the creation of charities. Practice head Deborah Clark
has specialist expertise in family investment companies, with a nationwide practice focused on high-net-worth individuals in sectors, such as professional services and finance. Zahra Siddiqui provides trusted counsel to clients with assets in multiple jurisdictions, advising on double tax treaties and safeguarding wills against tax challenges, and has a strong client network in the sports sector. Charlotte Shaughnessy works alongside business owners and entrepreneurs to advise on succession and tax planning and has a strong understanding of navigating business and agricultural tax relief claims. Christopher Noel joined the practice from DWF in September 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame North West > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Personal tax, trusts and probate North West > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Public sector > Education
- Private client > Family
- Public sector > Health
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester
- Employment > Employment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate > Construction
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant