Private Client Services
Phone
0141 302 8444
Address
100 Queen Street Glasgow G1 3DN
Sandy is a Partner in the Private Client team in Glasgow. He is highly recommended as a leading lawyer in Chambers High Net Worth 2019 (an independent research guide that ranks and recognises lawyers providing professional services for high net worth individuals)
Sandy helps clients plan for the future, providing advice on Wills and tax planning, and has wide experience of advising executors and beneficiaries in the administration of Executry Estates, and of the establishment, administration and winding up of Trusts, for various purposes.
He also advises on the granting and drafting of Powers of Attorney, and provides guidance to Attorneys in the exercising of their duties.
Sandy is Vice Chair of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) in Scotland, the leading worldwide professional body for practitioners in the fields of trusts, estates and related issues. He was in one of the first groups of practitioners to undertake the STEP Scotland Diploma in Trust and Estates, achieving a Distinction grade.
Sandy is a member of the Society of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet.
"Sandy is very capable and technically sound."
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