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Eleanor Metcalf

+44 (0)20 7395 3164 emetcalf@wedlakebell.com View profile

Work Department

Private client.

Position

Eleanor advises on estate and tax-planning for UK and non-UK domiciled individuals, trusts and trustees and landed estates. She also advises charities and charity trustees on all aspects of charity law and trust law, including taxation, tax efficient charitable giving and trading.

Eleanor advises on tax efficient methods of holding and passing down wealth to the next generations through the drafting of Wills and family trusts, advising on and involved in the day-to-day administration of varied types of assets and holding structures, restructuring as and where necessary to ensure wealth protection and the mitigation of taxation.

Career

Eleanor trained at Wedlake Bell and qualified as a solicitor in 1992, becoming a Partner in 2003 and was Head of the Private Client Team from 2007 – 2016.

Memberships

Eleanor is a member of the Law Society’s Private Client Section, the Charity Law Association and the Historic Houses Association.

Education

University College, London (1988 LLB Hons 2:1); College of Law, London (1989).

Leisure

Skiing, sailing, swimming, film, reading.