Jan Atkinson > Osbornes > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Osbornes Offices
LIVERY HOUSE
7-9 PRATT STREET
LONDON
NW1 0AE
England
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Jan Atkinson
Work Department
Private Client
Wealth planning, high value and complex estate administrations, international estates with cross border issues and contentious probate & trust cases.
Inheritance Act 1975
Position
Partner and head of private client department. Jan specialises in wills, probate and trusts with a focus on wealth planning, high value estate administrations, contested Wills, international estates and contentious probate and trusts cases. Jan and her team are based in the firm’s Hampstead and Camden offices. Jan is a registered Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) and a registered Contentious Trust and Probate Specialist (CTAPS). She is a well known figure in the private client field, in large part as a result of her active role on the Law Society Private Client Section Executive Committee and her membership of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS). Jan also writes regularly on wills and inheritance issues.
Career
Trained Attwater & Liell, Harlow; qualified 1987; Holman Fenwick & Willan 1988-89; Richards Butler 1989-91; partner Osbornes 1994; co-author ‘Cohabitation’ (Sweet & Maxwell 1999) – co-wrote chapter ‘Inheritance and Succession’; registered trust and estate practitioner (TEP); registered contentious trusts and probate specialists (CTAPS).
Memberships
Executive committee of Private Client Section of Law Society; Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP); Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialist (ACTAPS).
Education
Heanor Grammar School; University of Sheffield (BA Hons History); King’s College, University of London (PGCE); Nottingham Law School (CPE (Commendation)); Law Society Finals).
Personal
Outside of work she is a keen tennis player and loves to travel.
Leisure
Horse riding, tennis, cinema, opera, travel.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
Osbornes has a ‘practice which is big enough to take on substantial cases and small enough to retain a personal touch’. It acts for a wide range of high-net-worth individuals, families, and trust companies in complex estate and trust litigation. The ‘calm and experienced’ Jan Atkinson is at the helm of the team, which also is also home to Katie de Swarte, who was promoted to the partnership in June 2023, and Elspeth Neilson, who is also highly regarded.
London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
The nimble team at Osbornes acts for trustees, executors, personal representatives, and other high-net-worth individuals. Jan Atkinson heads the department, which is also home to Jenny Walsh, who is a full member of STEP and another key figure who specialises in non-contentious private client matters, often with a cross-border dimension. Suzanna Baker was promoted to the partnership in June 2023 and a large proportion of her work involves non-UK jurisdictions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Contentious trusts and probate London > Private client
- Personal tax, trusts and probate London > Private client