Julia Abrey > Withers LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Withers LLP Offices
20 Old Bailey
LONDON
EC4M 7AN
England
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Julia Abrey
Work Department
Global practice group; wealth planning, estates, succession and trusts team.
Position
Head of elder law. Partner dealing with probate, succession and post-death tax planning; trust management; elderly client and Court of Protection work. Current holder of the STEP Elderly. Client Law Professional of the Year award.
Career
Articled Withers; qualified 1987; partner since 1993; contributor to ‘Practical Will Precedents’ (Sweet and Maxwell); ‘Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents’ (Butterworths); editorial board ‘Elder Law Journal’ (Jordans); consultant editor and contributor ‘Finance & Law for the Older Client’ (Tolley); contributor ‘Elderly Client Handbook’ (Law Society). Julia is a contributor to International Protection of Adults to be published by Oxford University Press.
Memberships
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), council member; chair STEP Mental Capacity Special Interest Group; member of US National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Inc; Medico Legal Society; Solicitors for the Elderly; Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists.
Education
Kendal High School; St Hilda’s College, Oxford (MA Jurisprudence); Lancaster Gate College of Law.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Court of protection
(Hall of Fame)The court of protection team at Withers LLP is ‘vastly experienced and has acted in some of the highest profile cases. It traverses this sometimes-idiosyncratic jurisdiction expertly and secures excellent results for its often HNW clients.’ As well as acting for families and appointed representatives of older and vulnerable people, it regularly acts for trustees, executors, charities and other professional groups. Julia Abrey 
has a particular interest in cross-border mental capacity issues. Stephen Richards also garners considerable praise for his expertise in elder law matters. Paul Hewitt specialises in all types of trust and probate disputes, and routinely advises on contentious court of protection matters. Natasha Stourton covers issues such as statutory wills, lifetime gifts and contested registrations. Senior associate Alice Tomlin is another key figure who covers a range of contentious trust and succession disputes, and has a particular focus on court of protection matters. The team also excels at advising on disabled trusts, and advance decisions to refuse medical treatment.
Lawyer Rankings
- Court of protection London > Private client
- Hall of Fame London > Private client > Court of protection
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Real estate > Residential property
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)