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Lara has a busy and broad chancery practice. She accepts instructions in all of chambers’ main practice areas, including contentious trusts and estates, private client (non-contentious), offshore, tax, property and partnerships and LLPs.
Lara joined chambers as a tenant in October 2024 following the successful completion of her pupillage. During pupillage, Lara worked on cases across chambers’ core areas of expertise and was supervised by Georgia Bedworth, Richard Dew, Jeremy Callman and James MacDougald.
Lara spent the first six months of her practice seconded to the private client team of a tier 1 London law firm, where she worked on complex trusts, estates and tax matters for HNW and UHNW clients.
Prior to pupillage, Lara had already accrued significant court advocacy experience. In her two years as an in-house advocate at DAC Beachcroft, she appeared in the County Court almost daily.
Lara has advised in a range of complex, high-value non-contentious private client matters, including those involving foreign and offshore elements. Her experience includes:
Lara advises on and acts in all aspects of trusts and estate disputes including:
Complementing her non-contentious private client practice, Lara regularly advises clients in a range of related tax matters. Her experience includes advice on APR/BPR, TOAA, GROB, grossing up and the tax treatment of foreign property. She is regularly instructed to draft tax-efficient wills and deeds of variation.
Lara has been involved in matters with clients in a range of professions and industries. Her experience includes assisting in drafting and advising on the effect of partnership and LLP agreements, expulsion and retirement of partners and restrictive covenants.
Lara has experience in a range of property matters, including where the overlap with other practice areas (e.g. Court of Protection, POCA) produces additional complexity. Her experience includes:
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