About Rebecca

Rebecca practices principally in wills and estates, estate planning and asset protection, estate administration, estate litigation, charities and not-for-profits, guardianship and administration matters and powers of attorney. Rebecca has many years of experience in advising high-net-worth families and individuals, handling family provision claims, as well as estate and trust litigation matters.

Rebecca has a special interest in pro-bono work, Part IV claims, capacity matters and the charities and not-for-profits space. She takes a client-focused and personable approach, particularly when working with clients who have complex interpersonal relationships and family dynamics, especially in the context of contested matters and estate litigation.

Experience

• Personal and business succession planning

  Advising on all aspects of personal and business succession planning, including:

  • • Asset protection and structuring for high net worth individuals
    • Advising on trusts, wills, estate planning and asset protection
    • Preparing simple and complex wills (including testamentary trusts)
    • Preparing powers of attorney in Victoria and New South Wales and superannuation binding death benefit nominations
    • Advice and structuring in preparation for intergenerational transition of control of privately held businesses.
• Contested matters and estate litigation

  Contested matters including preparation of and advice regarding:

  • applications for guardianship and administration orders at VCAT
  • contested wills, contested probate applications including caveat proceedings
  • contested executor commission applications
  • applications under Part IV of the Administration and Probate Act 1958 (Vic), in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the County Court of Victoria
  • Family provision claims in NSW
• Estate administration

  Obtaining grants of probate and letters of administration for deceased estates in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia, reseal of foreign grants and estate administration.