Raquel Ugalde

Raquel is a Private Client Associate Solicitor specialising in international and cross-border wills and succession. She advises clients who have assets in the UK and abroad on estate planning, inheritance tax, domicile issues, will preparation and powers of attorney, as well as administration of multi-jurisdictional estates. Raquel is a native Catalan and Spanish speaker, having grown up in Barcelona before moving to the UK in 1994. She is therefore familiar with the cultural and legal challenges facing those with international connections and can explain complex, unfamiliar legal concepts in plain English. Raquel is the winner of a STEP (Society of Trustee and Estate Practitioners) Worldwide Excellence Award, having achieved the highest scoring mark in the specialist Advanced Certificate in Cross-Border Estates in 2018. Raquel is a member of STEP’s special interest group for Cross-Border Estates and International Client. · Stone King LLP

EnglandPrivate Client, Wills & ProbateCatalan, Spanish, English

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Raquel Ugalde is a Private Client Associate Solicitor at Stone King LLP specialising in international and cross‑border wills and succession, advising clients with UK and overseas assets on estate planning, inheritance tax, domicile issues, will preparation, powers of attorney and administration of multi‑jurisdictional estates. She is a native Catalan and Spanish speaker, winner of a STEP Worldwide Excellence Award (Advanced Certificate in Cross‑Border Estates, 2018), and qualified as an English solicitor in 2012.

Practice areas

Private ClientWills & ProbateTrustsEstate PlanningInternational / Cross-BorderInheritance Tax

Office

England

Stone King LLP · Raquel is a Private Client Associate Solicitor specialising in international and cross-border wills and succession. She advises clients who have assets in the UK and abroad on estate planning, inheritance tax, domicile issues, will preparation and powers of attorney, as well as administration of multi-jurisdictional estates. Raquel is a native Catalan and Spanish speaker, having grown up in Barcelona before moving to the UK in 1994. She is therefore familiar with the cultural and legal challenges facing those with international connections and can explain complex, unfamiliar legal concepts in plain English. Raquel is the winner of a STEP (Society of Trustee and Estate Practitioners) Worldwide Excellence Award, having achieved the highest scoring mark in the specialist Advanced Certificate in Cross-Border Estates in 2018. Raquel is a member of STEP’s special interest group for Cross-Border Estates and International Client.

England

Expertise

Cross‑Border EstatesInternational ClientsDomicile issuesMulti‑jurisdictional estate administrationPowers of attorney

Education

Legal studies, University of the West of England

Admissions

Qualified as an English solicitor, 2012

Languages

CatalanSpanishEnglish