Jaclyn Russell > Stronachs LLP > Aberdeen, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Stronachs LLP Offices
28 ALBYN PLACE
ABERDEEN
AB10 1YL
United Kingdom
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Jaclyn Russell
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
The Aberdeen-based team at Stronachs LLP is led by Jaclyn Russell, who is well-versed in handling tax and estate planning matters. The practice assists local and international clients with mandates concerning capital tax planning, power of attorney and estate administration. Kirsten Anderson and Karen Oliver advise on personal injury trust matters, while Raiya Law and Emily Wright handle estate and succession planning cases for high-net-worth individuals.
Scotland > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
Led by Jaclyn Russell, who is praised as ‘approachable, understanding and knowledgeable’, the ‘first class’ team at Stronachs LLP advises landed estate owners and high-net-worth individuals on contentious matters concerning tax planning and power of attorney. Elevated to partnership in June 2023, Kirsten Anderson leads on capacity concerns, estate administration and property disputes. Other key contacts in the group include Paula Lukins and Karen Oliver, who assist with mitigation strategies and succession planning mandates.
Lawyer Rankings
- Contentious trusts and probate Scotland > Private client
- Personal tax, trusts and executries Scotland > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in Scotland
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in Scotland
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation