Estate Planning & Probate
At Avant Law our Estate Planning and Probate team are ready to design a personalised strategy for you. Our goal is to provide you with peace of mind and security with our tailored legal advice.
Helping to protect your assets and manage your personal affairs
Throughout your medical career, there will be many aspects of your personal and practice life that change over the years. Ensuring peace of mind and security for your personal and family affairs is our priority. Our team understands the complexities that can arise from personal circumstances or the use of trusts, partnerships and corporate structures. We can provide you with a personalised plan to ensure that your estate, businesses and loved ones are protected for the future.
How we can help you
Here’s how our Estate Planning team provide support to doctors helping them protect their assets and manage their personal affairs.
Wills and powers of attorney
We will help you achieve peace of mind that you have taken care of your loved ones in protecting your legacy. The team can prepare standard wills, wills with testamentary trusts and powers of attorney, all tailored to your specific situation.
Probate and contested estates
Our expert lawyers provide support to help clients apply for probate, manage and distribute the estate, or assist with contesting or defending a will.
Superannuation
With superannuation balances increasing, they are an important part of your Estate Planning strategy. We can advise you and prepare binding death benefit nominations appropriate for your circumstances
Trusts and business succession
Whether your assets are personally owned or held in entities, such as companies, family trusts, unit trusts or self managed superannuation funds, we can assist. We can provide expert advice about the suitability for establishing new entities and review the governing documents for existing entities, to make sure that they are consistent with your estate planning strategy
Your estate planning resources
Enjoy our range of estate planning resources. From expert articles, tailored checklists to past webinars we are here to help.
About Jennifer
Jennifer Jackson leads the estate planning team at Avant Law. Jennifer has over 15 years’ experience providing estate planning and structuring advice to clients and their financial advisers and accountants. Jennifer takes the time to work through the issues with her clients, to identify what matters most to them in that often-difficult conversation about planning for their death or loss of capacity. She brings a wealth of life experience and a calm, practical and considered approach to handling legal matters, which her client’s value. In addition to working directly with clients, Jennifer presents to both professional and community groups on topics relating to her area of practice.
Disclaimers
IMPORTANT: Avant Law Pty Limited is an incorporated legal practice and not a partnership. Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation. Legal practitioners employed by Avant Law Pty Limited are members of the scheme.
