Jaclyn Russell > Stronachs LLP > Aberdeen, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Stronachs LLP
28 ALBYN PLACE
ABERDEEN
AB10 1YL
United Kingdom

Work Department

Private Client

Position

Jaclyn is a Partner and Head of the Private Client team. She advises a wide range of clients including business owners, farming clients, landed estate owners and high net worth individuals on tax planning, wills, powers of attorney, living wills and trust and estate administration. She specialises in tax and estate planning matters and has a particular interest in business succession planning, cross border cases and the administration of charitable entities .  Jaclyn is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) having attained the STEP Diploma with distinction. In 2015 she was awarded the STEP Trust and Executry Accounting Scottish Student of the Year award and in 2014 she achieved the STEP Trusts Law and Practice Scottish Student of the Year award. She holds the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test (England and Wales) and is also a former tutor of Revenue Law and the Diploma in Legal Practice at the University of Aberdeen.

Career

Balfour & Manson LLP 2006 – 2009, Qualified 2008.  Fyfe Ireland LLP, Edinburgh 2009 – 2012.  Tods Murray LLP, Edinburgh 2012.  Stronachs LLP 2012 – present.

Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test 2010.  Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners Diploma in Trusts and Estates (Scotland) with distinction 2014.

Languages

English

Memberships

Law Society of Scotland; Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

Education

The Gordon Schools, Huntly;  University of Aberdeen ((LLB) (Hons) 2005; Dip LP (2006))

Leisure

Travel, music and hillwalking

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries

With a strong presence in Aberdeen and Inverness, Stronachs LLP routinely assists wealthy individuals, particularly business owners and farmers, with complex capital tax issues and the establishment of family investment companies. Under the leadership of Jaclyn Russell, who has particular expertise in advising landed estate owners on succession planning, the team also advises on the formation and administration of charitable entities. Senior associate Karen Oliver is noted for her expertise in high-value trusts, including personal injury and charitable trusts.