Catalina is a specialised lawyer assisting high net worth individuals and families. She advises on all aspects of private client law including drafting complex Wills and Trusts, lifetime and succession planning, powers of attorney and estate administration (including cross-border estates), capacity issues and Office of the Public Guardian / Court of Protection applications.
Catalina has previously been a senior solicitor in the legal team at Kreston Reeves, a large accountancy practice with offices in London, Sussex and Kent. She qualified as a solicitor in 2016 at Mayo Wynne Baxter, a Legal 500 firm.
She enjoys working together with entrepreneurial clients, art administrators and trustees.
Prior to qualifying as a solicitor, Catalina had a successful career in the Romanian Foreign Office.
When time allows, she is an avid reader and theatre-goer.
Work highlights
- Division of agricultural assets and estate planning for a farming family who described themselves as “asset-rich and cash poor” and where “sweat equity” played a major role.
- Assisting a widow with domicile election and saving £512,000 inheritance tax.
- Helping a family with their UK Wills that had been accidentally revoked by subsequent Spanish Wills which meant that years of careful planning of their UK estates (worth approximately £40 million) could have been lost.