Kayleigh Allen - Associate Solicitor

Departments: Wills & Inheritance, Tax and Private Wealth
Sectors: Personal Legal Services, Digital Media & Technology

Kayleigh is an Associate Solicitor in the Private Client team, based in the Bristol Office. She has over 5 years’ experience.

Acting for individuals, Kayleigh specialises in helping people plan for their future with expertise in drafting Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and estate planning. She also specialises in the creation and administration of trusts.

Kayleigh is a STEP member and STEP Digital Assets Group member.

Known for being approachable and down to earth, Kayleigh believes there are no silly questions and she tries hard to put her clients at ease during what can be an emotionally difficult time. She works hard to provide clients with the peace of mind that the work we do together will protect their family and be as “future proof” as possible.

Examples of work Kayleigh specialises in:

• Acting for a family wishing to put their affairs in order. Advising them on wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney, and creating two lifetime discretionary trusts to benefit .grandchildren. Subsequently their children contacted me to prepare their Wills.
• Advising on and dealing with the the administration of a will trust with assets of around £2million, where wife has a life interest and charities are remainder beneficiaries.
• Advising a divorcing client on making her Will whilst proceedings were ongoing. Subsequently advising on lifetime tax planning, preparing a new will to cover her assets post divorce, creating a lifetime discretionary trust for her children and preparing Lasting Powers of Attorney.