An eclectic client base, from traditional landed estates to an international spread of entrepreneurs and high-net worth individuals, look to Mills & Reeve LLP for specialist contentious trust and probate counsel, and assistance with related tax matters. The firm’s Norwich office houses a standout landed estates practice that assists three of the four largest landed estates in Norfolk, and others across East Anglia and nationally. Lauren Parker leads the national landed estates practice and is well versed in complex tax planning, trust restructuring, succession planning, and diversification issues. Elizabeth Field has a focus on business owners’ tax and succession planning, and Katrina Hopkins assists landowners with tax efficient structuring of ownership and succession arrangements. Lucy Brand adds experience in contentious trusts and probate work.
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Position

Lauren is a partner and head of landed estates. Advises high net worth clients with a focus on landed estates and land consortiums.  Work includes complex trust restructuring, succession planning, business structuring to secure inheritance and capital gains tax reliefs, conditional exemption claims and land pooling arrangements.

Career

Trainee solicitor at Birkett Long 2005-2007.  Joined Mills & Reeve in 2007.  Became a partner in 2017.  Appointed director of Norfolk Churches Trust Limited 2021. 

Memberships

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Country Land and Business Association

Education

Lancaster University BA (Hons) Religious Studies, 1st. 2000-2003.. 

College of Law, Chester.  Graduate Diploma in Law (commendation, 2004) and Legal Practice Course (distinction, 2005). 

STEP Diploma for England & Wales (Trusts & Estates) (2010).

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  • ‘Main contact is with Elizabeth Field. Took over from a well established and respected partner a couple of years ago and has been a safe pair of hands. Handles difficult personalities with tact and discretion.'

    'Highly competent, professional and personable.'

    ‘Hugely capable and knowledgeable firm in the agriculture industry.’

    ‘Very technical, leaving no stone unturned in their advice.’