Louise Axford

“I can only say good things about Louise. She is responsive, practical, great with the clients and always very helpful and professional. She's a delight to work with.”

Louise is the Head of the Private Client team at George Green and is ranked as a Band 1 Lawyer in the Chambers & Partners High Net Worth Guide 2025.

She has been with the firm since commencing her Training Contract in 2014 and has built a loyal client base and network of professional contacts.

Louise deals with a variety of private client matters including wills, estate administration, lasting powers of attorney and Court of Protection applications. Louise specialises in estate planning and works closely with the firm’s corporate and family teams to ensure family businesses can be passed on in a tax-efficient way whilst ensuring assets are protected for future generations. This regularly involves the use of trusts and Louise acts as a professional trustee for many clients.

Louise is a full member of STEP having won a STEP excellence award for achieving the highest mark in the Taxation of Trusts and Estates exam.

Recent experience

• Working alongside the Corporate team in a share re-organisation for a longstanding manufacturing client (with turnover of c£200m) to include the creation of a trust and loan agreement to help with a residential property purchase.
• Acting for over 100 different clients and their families in resolving issues as a result of the law firm McClures Solicitors going into administration. This included dealing with changes of trustee, bringing trusts to an end and dealing with inheritance tax charges.
• Acting as a Professional Deputy for a high net worth client who had lost mental capacity. This included dealing with his property portfolio and significant cash savings.
• Dealing with estates where there has been significant inheritance tax payable, complex overseas aspects and APR/BPR claims.

And for something else ………….

Working full time means most of Louise’s spare time is spent with her young daughter, so weekends are spent at soft play or the park. Her family live in Scotland so much of her annual leave is spent travelling up and exploring the Scottish countryside. She also loves a holiday in the sun which isn’t as relaxing as it once was with a small person around!