Mark Stewart > Brodies LLP > Aberdeen, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Brodies LLP
Brodies House
31-33 Union Grove
ABERDEEN
AB10 6SD
United Kingdom
Mark Stewart photo

Work Department

Private client.

Position

Mark heads up the firm’s Personal and Family Practice area. His principal areas of practice include succession planning, asset protection, trusts, executries and personal tax planning. Mark acts for a broad range of individual clients and trustees, including some of the wealthiest families in the country. They rely on him for his practical and technical advice and appreciate his ability to clearly communicate complex legal and tax matters.

With 25 years of experience, Mark is very much a private client specialist. He believes that it is necessary to advise clients with an overall understanding of their unique objectives, assets, business interests and family relationships. Mark is based in the firm’s Aberdeen and Inverness offices, although he is often spotted in all corners of the country, meeting clients or speaking at conferences.

Career

Trained Murray Beith Murray, qualified 1996. Trainee, Murray Beith Murray (1994-2006); trainee, solicitor, associate, partner, head of private client; Anderson Shaw & Gilbert (2006-2008) director Stronachs LLP (2008-2012); partner Brodies LLP (2012).

Memberships

Accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in trust law; Law Society of England and Wales; convenor of the Law Society of Scotland’s Trusts Law Accreditation Panel. Member (and former Chairman of) STEP Scotland.

Education

Gairloch High School; University of Edinburgh (1993 1st class honours); College of Law; LLB; diploma in legal practice (1994); qualified lawyers transfer test (2000).

Leisure

Mountaineering, mountain and road biking.

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries

(Leading partners)

Mark StewartBrodies LLP

Housing a team of ‘driven and extremely knowledgeable’ practitioners, Brodies LLP acts for high-net-worth individuals on estate planning matters, in addition to succession plans and deeds. Based in Inverness and Aberdeen, accredited private client specialist Mark Stewart leads the team, and Alan Barr advises on tax and trust mandates. Praised as ‘commercially astute, bright and personable’, Angela McCulloch acts for high-net-worth individuals and families, as well as winding up estates, while Leigh Gould advises on succession planning and the passing on and protection of assets. Other key contacts include ‘enormously experienced’ Susanne Batchelor and ‘energetic, engaging and hugely pragmaticHayley Robertson.

Scotland > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate

(Leading partners)

Mark StewartBrodies LLP

Noted for its ‘enviable reputation’, Brodies LLP acts for a diverse roster of clients, including solicitors, high-net-worth individuals and families, and landowning trusts. The team is well-versed in handling contentious personal liability mandates, executory-related disputes and succession planning work. Mark Stewart leads the team, splitting his time between the Aberdeen and Inverness offices. Alan Barr focuses on tax planning matters and Angela McCulloch advises on private client mandates, contentious trusts and estate planning cases. Jamie Reekie is another key contact in the group.