Louise Nelson

Senior Associate Solicitor, Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts

Location: Henley-on-Thames & Reading
Qualified as a solicitor: 1995

Louise Nelson is a senior associate solicitor in our leading Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts team and is primarily based in our Henley-on-Thames office.

She specialises in the preparation of Wills, the drafting of Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs), elderly client and Court of Protection matters, inheritance tax planning (particularly for business owners), probate and estate administration for taxable and non-taxable estates and trust administration.

Louise is a member of the Law Society Private Client Section, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and Solicitors for the Elderly, an independent, national organisation of lawyers (solicitors, barristers and legal executives) who provide specialist legal advice for older and vulnerable people, their families and carers. She is also a trained Dementia Friend, an Alzheimer's Society initiative, and recommended in The Legal 500.

Louise trained with Blandy & Blandy, qualifying as a solicitor in 1995. She worked at the firm for a number of years before taking up a position in Henley-on-Thames and later in Wallingford. Louise re-joined Blandy & Blandy in 2017, becoming an associate solicitor in 2021 and a senior associate solicitor a year later.

How I Can Help You

Professional Memberships:
Member, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
Member, Solicitors for the Elderly
Member, The Law Society

Education:
College of Law (York)
Kings College, University of London, LLB (Hons)

Accreditations & Awards:
Recommended, The Legal 500
Dementia Friend, Alzheimer's Society
Winner - 'Best Probate Law Firm - London/South East', UK Probate Research Awards 2019

What Our Clients Say

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