Mihiri Gajraj > Trethowans LLP > Southampton, England > Lawyer Profile

Trethowans LLP
THE PAVILION, BOTLEIGH GRANGE BUSINESS PARK
HEDGE END
SOUTHAMPTON
SO30 2AF
England

Work Department

Private Client

Position

Mihiri is a Partner and leads the Private Client team at Trethowans. She qualified as a solicitor in 2009 and has been advising clients ever since.

Mihiri undertakes all areas of Private Client work, including tax planning, creating trusts, administering trusts, tax calculations, the preparation of Wills and powers of attorney, and probate and estate administration.

Mihiri has experience with tax planning and complex Will drafting and often works closely with the Corporate team and Agricultural team to provide the best solution for their clients when it comes to succession planning including tax considerations for Family Investment Companies and Farming Partnerships.

Mihiri regularly creates trusts and administers them for her clients to protect family wealth, vulnerable beneficiaries and mitigate tax. She also prepares Lasting Powers of Attorney and Deputyship applications and deals with probates and estate administration, including those involving foreign assets, business assets and agricultural assets.

Memberships

Mihiri is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) – the gold standard in this area of law – and sits on the STEP Central Southern Committee

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Hampshire

(Next Generation Partners)

Mihiri GajrajTrethowans LLP

Trethowans LLP’s ‘young, dynamic and highly collaborative’ team has extensive experience of handling complex probate administrations, along with Court of Protection and mental capacity matters. The group is also well equipped to act as an independent trustee in contentious trust cases. Southampton-based practice head Mihiri Gajraj noted as a specialist for the provision of tax planning and trust advice. Operating out of Bournemouth and Poole, Adam Scott routinely gives assistance to farmers, business owners and high-net-worth-individuals, while Richard Dollimore is an expert in drafting wills. Salisbury-based Kathryn Anderson focuses on emergency grant applications, having joined the firm from Wilsons in October 2022.

South West > Private client > Agriculture and estates

Trethowans LLP houses a respected agricultural practice, praised for its ‘individual and collective expertise‘ across a host of matters. The team has developed a true specialism in agricultural and rural matters, advising on a range of matters, including secured lending of banks on agricultural properties, transactional work relating to farms and estates and inheritance tax and capital gains. The team is jointly led by a number of individuals; Marcus Thorpe , Mihiri Gajraj , Steve Cole, Kathryn Evans and Kelvin Farmaner. Kathryn Anderson boosts the firm’s agricultural probate offering.

 

South West > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate

Young, dynamic and highly collaborative‘, Trethowans LLP advise a range of clients, from families to high-net-worth individuals. The ‘impressive and knowledgeable‘ team’s specialisms include complex probate administrations, succession planning for business owners and entrepreneurs and Court of Protection and mental capacity issues. Mihiri Gajraj – who leads the practice – has specific expertise in tax planning and trust advice.