Susanne Batchelor > Brodies LLP > Edinburgh, > Lawyer Profile
Brodies LLP Offices
Capital Square
58 Morrison Street
EDINBURGH
EH3 8BP
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Susanne Batchelor
Work Department
Private client.
Position
Susanne has specialised in private client work for over 20 years and prides herself on delivering excellent client service. Working collaboratively with the rest of the team, she ensures that clients are clear on all aspects of costs, timescales and progress.
Susanne’s expertise includes wills, estate and succession planning, inheritance tax advice, formation, management and termination of trusts and family limited partnerships, powers of attorney, guardianship and intervention orders, planning for care costs and the administration of executries. She specialises in advising on cross border estates, representing individuals and assets all over the world.
Susanne has a significant interest in the area of adults with incapacity – she is an appointed financial guardian for a number of individuals and regularly provides advice to families in relation to power of attorney and capacity issues. She also leads the team’s personal injury trust offering.
Career
Trained A & W M Urquhart Solicitors; qualified 1999; Anderson Strathern 1999; Murray Beith Murray 2003, associate 2004; associate Brodies LLP 2008; partner 2009.
Memberships
Association of Taxation Technicians; Securities Institute.
Education
St Margaret’s School; The Edinburgh Academy; University of Aberdeen (1996 LLB Hons; 1997 DipLP).
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries
(Leading individuals)Brodies LLP acts for several of Scotland’s wealthiest individuals and families, providing assistance with the full range of private client matters. Working in close conjunction with its family law team, the group is particularly adept advising on the establishment and administration of family investment companies and limited partnerships. Its deep and experienced bench is led by Mark Stewart (qualified in Scotland as well as in England and Wales), and includes tax planning expert Alan Barr
and Angela McCulloch, who advises on winding up estates and the establishment of family investment companies. Leigh Gould has a particular focus on advising rural businesses and landowners, while Susanne Batchelor handles complex estate planning for high-net-worth individuals. Hayley Robertson is another key member of the team.