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Alex Betambeau

Partner

Partner specialising in Private Client work

Alex is the partner in charge of the Okehampton office and specialises in private client law.

Alex always takes time to get to know his clients and to understand the issues that are most important to them. Alex’s advice is always well considered and presented in a straightforward and practical manner. Whilst Alex can advise on all matters relating to later life planning, his main area of work is the administration on complex estates.

Alex says: ‘The administration of each estate is different. The key is to be able to build a good relationship with the Executors and Beneficiaries, and to ask the right questions at the outset. This saves time and effort as the administration progresses, and helps reach an early conclusion for all concerned.” 

Career

Alex joined the firm as a trainee solicitor in 2008, qualified as a solicitor in 2010, and became a partner in 2014. Alex is the firm’s Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP), Data Protection Officer and Training Principal.

Expertise

Alex can assist in a wide range of private client matters including:

  • Wills
  • All types of Powers of Attorney and associated registration procedures
  • Deputyship Orders
  • Applications for the following types of Grant of Representation:-
    • Probate
    • Letters of Administration
    • Letters of Administration with the Will annexed
    • Expedited applications
    • De Bonis Non Administratis
    • Grant Ad Colligenda Bona Defuncti
    • Probate of a copy Will
    • Re-sealing a Grant in a foreign jurisdiction
    • Re-sealing a foreign Grant in England & Wales
  • Estate Administration (both under a Will or Intestacy)
  • Trusts (including Will Trusts, Lifetime Settlements and Declarations of Trust)
  • Deeds of Variations and Disclaimer
  • Inheritance Tax Planning
  • Partnership Agreements