Charlotte Woodward

Senior Associate

E: charlotte.woodward@rothleylaw.com

T: 0330 016 9202

Charlotte is a Wealth Protection solicitor with over 12 years’ experience working for High Net Worth clients, on all aspects of tax and succession planning, with experienced in the administration of complex estate administrations including intestate and cross-jurisdictional estates.

Emma Bhuttae

Senior Associate

E: emma.bhuttae@rothleylaw.com

Emma is a Senior Associate in the Private Client team. She is a full member of the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP).

Charlotte Dunn

Director

E: charlotte.dunn@rothleylaw.com

T: 0330 016 9199

Accreditations

Band 1 2024 Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide: Private Wealth Law 9 years

Recommended lawyer 2023 Legal 500 Personal Tax Trusts and Probate

Recommended lawyer 2023 Legal 500 Court of Protection

Recommended Tax Lawyer 2023 Spear’s 500

Charlotte is a Director, based in our Milton Keynes office and is a member of the Private Client team. Her typical clients are high net worth individuals requiring complex succession planning advice.

Sarah Cairns

Partner

E: sarah.cairns@rothleylaw.com

T: 0330 016 9201

Accreditations

Up and Coming 2024 Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide: Private Wealth Law 5 years

Sarah advises clients in connection with Wills, powers of attorneys, estate planning, the administration of trusts and estates, the constitution or winding up of nil rate band discretionary trusts and deeds of variation.

Patricia McFall

Paralegal

E: patricia.mcfall@rothleylaw.com

T: 0330 016 9209

Patricia graduated from the University of Chester with a First Class degree in Law and Politics and joined the team in June 2023.

Melissa Maple

Partner

E: melissa.maple@rothleylaw.com

T: 0330 016 9198

Accreditations

Band 3 2024 Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide: Private Wealth Law 4 years

Recommended lawyer 2023 Legal 500 Personal Tax Trusts and Probate

Recommended Tax Lawyer 2023 Spear’s 500

Melissa is an Executive Director and leads the national Private Client team. Melissa has over twenty years’ experience advising high net worth clients on the long-term protection and devolution of their assets.

Ellie Bodley

Paralegal

E: ellie.bodley@rothleylaw.com

T: 0330 016 9181 / 07534 534 716

Ellie graduated with her law degree from Nottingham Trent University in 2021 and secured her first legal job as a receptionist for a national law firm.

Sophie Layton

Paralegal

E: sophie.layton@rothleylaw.com

T: 0330 016 9179 / 07957 135 647

Sophie graduated De Montfort University in 2021 with a First Class law degree and joined the team originally as a Legal Assistant.

Brogan Maxwell

Paralegal

E: brogan.maxwell@rothleylaw.com

T: 0330 016 9178

Brogan is a Level 3 qualified CILEx Paralegal and an has been a dedicated Court of Protection practitioner for over 5 years now having started her career as an apprentice paralegal for one of the largest national Court of Protection teams in the country.

Laura Gibbs

Associate

E: laura.gibbs@rothleylaw.com

T: 0330 016 9175

Laura joined the team in 2023 as an Associate and brings a broad experience from her many years working in private client and residential conveyancing.