Alison Saunders
Solicitor — Estate Planning, Wills and Probate.
Specialist Areas
Services for Individuals and Professional Executors/Trustees
Alison advises high net worth individuals and families, entrepreneurs and established business owners worldwide on a full range of private client legal matters. She also acts for a number of accountants, financial advisors and lawyers who have been appointed as professional Executors and Trustees. She can advise on the following:
- Wills and Succession Planning
- Making a Will
- Ensuring that spouses, partners and children are fully provided for
- Appointing Guardians for minor children
- Safeguarding funds given to young, reckless or inexperienced beneficiaries
- Advising on tax-efficient ways to provide for young and disabled beneficiaries
- Trusts, Tax and Estate Planning
- Advising on lifetime tax planning to minimise Inheritance and Capital Gains Tax
- Creating and administering UK trusts
- Making distributions to beneficiaries
- Appointing and retiring trustees
- Probate and Estate Administration
- Collecting in and administering a deceased person’s estate
- Dealing with the Inland Revenue
- Obtaining Probate / Letters of Administration
- Administering on-going trusts set up by Will or Intestacy
- Making post-death variations to change the distribution of an estate
- Mental Capacity and Court of Protection
- Making Lasting Powers of Attorney
- Registering Enduring and Lasting Powers of Attorney with the Office of the Public Guardian
- Applying to the Court of Protection to be appointed as a Deputy
Services for Charity Trustees and Administrators
Alison has acted for a number of charities over the last five years and has particular experience dealing with the following:
- Forming UK Charities
- Registering with the Charity Commission and Inland Revenue
- Advising on vulnerable adult and child protection policies
- Advising on Charity Commission investigations and on-going requirements
Career Details
After gaining a first in English and Philosophy, Alison studied Law and trained at a city law firm. She qualified as a solicitor in 2003 and joined Ross & Craig in July 2008.
Specialist Memberships
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Charity Law Association
Business Networking International (Mayfair Chapter)
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7298 5252
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7258 0104
