Louise Long
Notary Public Ipswich Office
Louise Long is a Partner and Head of Private Client Advisory at Birketts and has more than 30 years’ experience advising individuals, families, trustees and business owners of the preservation, management and succession of private wealth.
She acts for a wide range of high-net-worth clients many of whom she has advised over several decades and across multiple generations. Louise is known for her calm, pragmatic and highly personal approach and is frequently regarded by clients as a trusted adviser to both their families and their wider professional networks. Her practice encompasses succession and inheritance tax planning, trusts, estate administration and broader wealth structuring advice often involving substantial business, investment, agricultural and landed assets.
Louise has particular expertise in advising on complex and sensitive family situations requiring both technical excellence and careful relationship management. She regularly works alongside accountants, investment advisers and other professionals to coordinate advice for clients with sophisticated and evolving wealth structures. Louise also acts as a professional trustee of a number of longstanding family trusts and undertakes notarial work. She has been a member of STEP since 1995.
Louise is recognised by Chambers High Net Worth and Legal 500 for her private wealth expertise and included in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame. Alongside her client work, Louise plays a significant leadership role within Birketts and is passionate about supporting and developing the next generation of private client lawyers.
Recent work highlights
Advising a multi-generational family on succession planning for substantial business and investment assets, including the restructuring of trusts and wider family wealth arrangements.
Acting for executors and family members in relation to the administration of a high value estate involving business, agricultural and investment assets, together with post-death tax planning and coordination with multiple professional advisers.
Advising trustees and beneficiaries in relation to the reorganisation of a longstanding family trust structure involving complex succession issues and sensitive family dynamics.
Experience & education
2011 Joined Birketts
1991 Qualified as a Solicitor
Guildford Law School, Law Society Finals
1985 – 1988 Leicester University LLB
Louise Long is the partner responsible for my private affairs. Louise is first class and has a very strong grasp of the law insomuch as it relates to my own issues such as estate planning, inheritance tax etc.
Legal 500 [UK 2026]
