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Taylor Walton LLP Offices

Taylor Walton LLP
THORNYCROFT HOUSE, 107 HOLYWELL HILL
ST ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE
AL1 1HQ
England
Visit website 01727 845245 01727 864970

Alex Drake

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01727 845245 [email protected]

Work Department

Private client.

Position

Partner and Head of Private Client team, specialising in wills, trusts and inheritance tax planning, preparation and administering of lasting powers of attorney, administration of estates (both testate and intestate), and advising and assisting elderly clients generally.

Career

Trained Bird & Bird, London; qualified 1989; partner, Taylor Walton LLP 2009 to date. Articled clerk, Bird & Bird 1987-89; assistant solicitor, Bird & Bird 1989-98; assistant solicitor, Sherrards (St Albans) 1998-2004; partner, Sherrards 2004-09; consultant solicitor, Miller Rosenfalck ( London) 2006 to 2010.

Memberships

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

Education

St Albans High School for Girls, Haileybury College; Durham University (1982-85 BA Hons law); Guildford Law School.

Leisure

Swimming, gardening, eating out, wine, school governor at Aldwickbury School, Harpenden.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx

Taylor Walton LLP’s diverse client base includes HNWI and UHNWI, business owners, entrepreneurs, farmers and landowners, as well as charities on the entire gamut of wills and estate planning, tax and succession aspects, trusts, powers of attorney, and probate. Alex Drake heads the department, with her broad practice encompassing wills, estate and inheritance tax planning, grants of probate, and the administration of estates. Alison Voyce predominantly represents business owners, farmers, landowners and high-profile public figures.

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