Swinburne Maddison LLP

Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate

Partner and Head of Private Client

Ellie Gibbison is a nationally recognised private client solicitor and Partner at Swinburne Maddison, where she leads the firm’s Private Client department with distinction.

Ellie’s practice is defined by her ability to deliver technically sophisticated, emotionally intelligent advice to clients navigating some of life’s most personal and complex decisions. She advises high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, business families, and high-profile figures across sport, media, and entertainment on all aspects of estate, tax, and succession planning. Her work often involves cross-border assets, sensitive family dynamics, and multi-generational wealth preservation.

As Head of Private Client, Ellie is known for her strategic leadership, collaborative ethos, and unwavering commitment to excellence. She works closely with clients’ wider advisory teams, financial planners, accountants, land agents, and others, to deliver holistic, forward-thinking solutions. Her values of integrity, empathy, respect, and kindness are evident in every client interaction, and she is particularly sought after for her clarity, discretion, and ability to simplify the complex.

Ellie is passionate about mentoring the next generation of private client professionals and is actively shaping the future of the field through her national leadership roles. She is focused on expanding the firm’s reach in the high-net-worth advisory space and welcomes clients with complex estates, business interests, or international considerations.

National Chair, Law Society’s Private Client Solicitors’ Section Advisory Committee – leading initiatives and content for England and Wales Committee Member, STEP North East and Cumbria Board Member, PS Magazine

She qualified in 2015 following postgraduate legal training at the University of Law and holds both an MJur and LLB (Hons) from Durham University. Ellie is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), a Fellow of Durham University, and a respected voice in the national private client legal community.