Clara Staunton > Myerson Solicitors LLP > Altrincham, England > Lawyer Profile

Myerson Solicitors LLP leverages its large and experienced private client team to provide individuals with a full service regarding agricultural and rural estate work. The team deal with multifaceted issues that require due diligence, legal compliance, tax mitigation, transactions and agreements, and also possess the ability to ‘handle huge pieces of litigation’. The department has been particularly involved in agricultural-related will disputes and succession planning, including acting as trustees for estates. The three team heads, Clara Staunton, Andrew Brown, and Mark Gillies, represent the three significant areas of work surrounding their agricultural portfolios, wills and trusts, corporate and commercial, and commercial property. Simon Cieluch has been involved in the administration of estates and agricultural disputes.

Myerson Solicitors LLP acts on a range of estate and succession planning matters, advising clients on tax mitigation avenues through both traditional onshore and offshore trusts and alternative vehicles such as family investment companies. The team has also been active counselling individuals on gift options and the establishment of charitable trusts. Team head Bik-Ki Wong deals with complex estates and trusts, often with a cross-border aspect, as well as competently handling cases where mental capacity and undue influence is questioned. Clara Staunton has expertise in will drafting, lifetime trusts and tax relief, while Simon Cieluch, who has a broad practice, leverages a particular focus on complex estates and disputes amongst executors and beneficiaries.