Louise Long > Birketts LLP > Ipswich, England > Lawyer Profile

Birketts LLP
Providence House
141-145 Princes Street
IPSWICH
IP1 1QJ
England

Work Department

Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate

Position

Partner and Head of Private Client Advisory

Career

Louise joined Birketts in October 2011 and is a Partner and heads up the Private Client Advisory Team across the 5 offices.

Louise specialises in the administration of estates and has extensive experience of dealing with multi-million pound estates with complex family and tax issues involving negotiations with HMRC and family members. Louise also specialises in the preparation of wills, trusts and inheritance tax planning and has more than 25 years’ experiences in this area. Louise has an increasing number of clients in the region including other professionals, landowners and business owners. She also has a number of clients in London who want the expertise and personal service they are unable to always find in London. She is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

As well as being a solicitor Louise has been a qualified Notary Public for twenty years. This means that she is an internationally recognised lawyer who deals with the certification and authentication of documents for use anywhere in the world.

Memberships

Louise is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. Louise qualified as a Notary Public in 1998 and in this capacity is able to prepare and certify documents for use internationally.

Lawyer Rankings

East Anglia > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia

(Leading partners)

Louise LongBirketts LLP

The Ipswich office of Birketts LLP is the lynchpin of its private client practice and is home to some of its most experienced partners. The firm hired tax specialist Gavin Birchall from accountancy firm Scrutton Bland in 2023 to co-lead the group along with firm-wide head of private client Louise Long and local lead private client advisory partner Lorna Spear. Senior associates Jessica Godfrey-Withey and Rhiannon Russell as well as legal director Claire Tenwick also play key roles in the firm’s tax and estate planning work. The firm has ‘a really strong team, full of very capable and approachable people‘, who handle the full range of tax, trust, lifetime planning and Court of Protection matters.

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

The comprehensive offering at Birketts LLP  exhibits broad expertise in succession planning, often acting for farmers and landed estate owners, family investment companies, and business owners. Susan Young leads the team in Chelmsford, and handles a varied workload of trusts and will preparation, and estate administration work. Norwich-based Jack Royall co-leads the overall private client group alongside Louise Long in Ipswich. Katie Gibson-Green is recommended for her knowledge of powers of attorney, and the creation and administration of trusts. Amanda Smallcombe, who joined in May 2024 from Birkett Long LLP, is well-known for her expertise in Court of Protection matters.