Lucy Gordon

Director, Private Client

Banbury office

Lucy is a Director and dedicated Private Client lawyer with over 30 years’ experience, advising clients on how to navigate the complexities of family wealth. She works with landowners, farmers, families, trustees and family offices in all aspects of estate planning including wills, trusts, lasting powers of attorney and family governance issues.

Lucy regularly advises on the administration of larger complex family estates and acts as a trustee and attorney for clients.  She has particular expertise in wealth preservation, tax and succession planning.

Clients value her personable and collaborative style and is known for advice that is practicable and pragmatic. She is often called to help families resolve situations where legal crises have arisen as a result of deteriorating mental or physical health.

Her experience extends to supporting entrepreneurial and multi-generational private business-owning clients, as well as individuals from the fields of music, entertainment, literature and art. She works closely with other professionals including private bankers, investment managers and accountants.

Lucy ensures her clients receive the best possible advice, blending knowledge across SE-Solicitors to resolve challenges requiring property, corporate, family, disputes and other expertise, or drawing on her network of trusted professional advisers.

A University of Cambridge and College of Law graduate, she worked in London for 10 years before joining SE Solicitors, where she became a partner in 2011. She is Chairman of SE-Solicitors and is Head of the growing Private Client Department.

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What clients say about Lucy

“Lucy’s approach and manner were always highly professional and proficient, though warm and empathetic. She and her team ensured that all the stages of the administration process proceeded smoothy and as swiftly as possible.”
Client, The Legal 500 2024
“Lucy Gordon provided invaluable professional expertise with her advice and practical guidance throughout the process.”
Client, The Legal 500 2024
“Lucy Gordon has a wealth of experience and is a good communicator. Her pragmatic approach to trust and estate matters mean that the client can expect to receive sound advice and roll out at a competitve price. Because Lucy and her team will action the advice, the client is not left wondering how they should act on the advice received. Thus they will receive an end-to-end solution.”
Client, The Legal 500 2024
“Lucy Gordon is a standout and runs a good team. You get niche expert advice without incurring London prices. All work is done efficiently and with a realistic commercial feel.”
Client, The Legal 500 2024
“Excellent service provided in a very friendly and efficient manner. We were surprised how quickly we received responses, documents etc. following meetings at your offices in Banbury.”
Mr D Slater Witney, Oxfordshire
“We used SE-Solicitors to revise our Wills and Lasting Powers of attorney. They were very professional, the advice they gave was excellent and acted on our behalf very promptly. An excellent service.”
Mr & Mrs B Banbury, Oxfordshire
“We found Lucy Gordon to be very personable and approachable. Lucy very quickly got to grips with our requirements on a private client matter and her advice was very helpful and straightforward. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Lucy Gordon for considered and sound estate planning advice.”
Mr & Mrs D Northamptonshire
“Lucy Gordon – knowledgeable, reliable, efficient and simplifies the complex. Lucy is accountable and reliable.”
The Legal 500 2023
“Lucy Gordon is an excellent lawyer who will find a sensible solution to any problem and do so in the most efficient manner. I do not hesitate to recommend high-net-worth individuals to her for advice. The work is done effectively and efficiently and the clients love her.”
The Legal 500 2023

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Lucy Gordon, Private Client Director at SE Solicitors