About
Fiona Smith is a Partner at Forsters LLP in England and an experienced private client lawyer who advises mainly UK-based clients, from landed estates to entrepreneurs, on wills, trusts, tax, probate and mental capacity matters. She is a Chartered Tax Adviser and Notary Public, frequently collaborates on trust and estate disputes, residential property and corporate tax issues, and was described as “outstanding in her technical ability” by Legal 500 (2023).
Practice areas
Private ClientTrusts & EstatesWills & ProbateTaxTrusts & Estate DisputesResidential PropertyNotary
Office
Expertise
Landed EstatesEntrepreneurs / Family BusinessesTrusts & Estate DisputesResidential PropertyCorporate TaxMental Capacity
Education
- St Anne’s College, Sanderstead
- Coloma Convent Girls’ School, Shirley
- Girton College, University of Cambridge (1984 BA; 1987 MA)
- Chartered Institute of Taxation (1994, Chartered Tax Adviser)
- Notary Public (2006 Dip Notarial Practice)
Admissions
- Chartered Tax Adviser (Chartered Institute of Taxation, 1994)
- Notary Public (Dip Notarial Practice, 2006)