Thorntons Law LLP

Private Client

Stephanie is a highly regarded Private Client Solicitor with over 12 years’ experience advising individuals, families and trustees across Dundee, Perthshire and rural Scotland. She is a key member of the department, heading up the private Client Trust Administration and Compliance team.

Stephanie plays a central role in guiding clients through complex matters of succession, wealth protection, and trust governance. Her practice is particularly focused on supporting farmers, landowners, and rural business owners in planning for the future, with a detailed understanding of Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief. Stephanie advises on the establishment, taxation, and ongoing management of family trusts, charitable trusts, and personal injury trusts, ensuring that clients receive both technically robust and pragmatic advice tailored to their unique circumstances.

Stephanie’s client base includes individuals and family landowners, farmers, high net worth individuals, and trustees of both private and charitable trusts. She brings particular insight and depth of experience in succession planning for rural businesses, offering bespoke strategies that reflect the commercial, familial, and emotional considerations inherent in land-based enterprises. Her expertise in trust taxation and the efficient structuring of high-value estates is widely recognised by both clients and peers.

Stephanie is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), an internationally recognised mark of expertise in the field of trust and estate work. She is regularly invited to speak at industry events and has presented at the Law Society of Scotland’s Private Client Conference on the administration and taxation of Personal Injury Trusts. In addition to her professional practice, Stephanie serves as a trustee on several local grant-giving charities, further reinforcing her commitment to the charitable sector and community support.