Emma leads a team which specialises in providing wills, trusts and tax planning advice for high net worth individuals, professionals, academics, entrepreneurs and farmers. Emma is adept in dealing with complex probates for families across multiple jurisdictions, with a particular focus on business-owning families. She is recognised in the Legal 500 Guide as a Leading Lawyer.
Emma is skilled at providing efficient succession planning advice, involving complex assets such as business interests, so as to ensure that these assets are held in a tax efficient manner and can seamlessly pass down to future generations. She also takes a multi-disciplinary approach, dealing directly with her clients and with their other professional advisers, where appropriate, so as to ensure that they receive comprehensive advice.
We have worked with Emma Parsons for some years and the relationship is characterised by a professionalism, good humour and energy. She successfully expresses complex matters in terms that can be readily understood by non-legal professionals and clients alike, giving complete confidence that she has a full understanding of client priorities and any challenges they may face before providing appropriate and thorough advice.
2022 Legal 500 Guide
Emma is experienced at dealing with complex administration of estates, including multiple jurisdictions, contested probates and agricultural and business interests requiring extensive negotiation with HM Revenue & Customs.
Emma is known for being supportive and approachable to all her clients, whilst also providing robust, thorough and clear advice that ensures that the client’s objectives are achieved. Emma understands business and personal requirements and works with you to tailor solutions to your needs.
As a team, we have been looking after the interests of wealthy individuals and families in East Anglia for many generations. We work together to plan ahead and manage your affairs successfully, and also to protection your interests in times of crisis and dispute. We understand that with substantial wealth and complex needs, you retain a range of advisers including accountants and investment managers, and we enjoy working as part of a team to make sure you achieve your goals.
Emma qualified as a solicitor in 2012 and joined Barr Ellison Solicitors as a Partner in 2019. She is STEP qualified and is the secretary of the STEP Cambridge branch.
Barr Ellison LLP joins the ranking due to the strength of its personal wealth practice, which acts for world-renowned academics, high-net-worth individuals and business owners, as well as advising Cambridge colleges on private client matters. The firm is ‘extremely efficient and quick to deal with the work'.