Manchester, United Kingdom
Elaine is a Partner at JMW Solicitors. She qualified as a solicitor in 2005 and has over 10 years’ private client experience specialising in Tax and Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts and Court of Protection.
Prior to joining JMW in 2009, she spent 6 years at Brabners in their Private Client department. Elaine is a member of STEP, which is the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners and also of the Probate Section of the Law Society. Her client base includes advising entrepreneurs, business owners and sports and media personalities on estate planning as well as advising SME owners on inheritance tax and succession planning in addition to advising on cross-border estates and charitable trusts.
Chambers and Partners 2014 comments that Elaine Roche ‘continues to impress with her work advising prominent figures on tax planning and asset protection. She is well versed in succession planning and other issues affecting family business owners.’ Whilst in 2015 Elaine was been described by the directory as 'extremely useful and capable. She listens to people and doesn't talk down to clients'.
She specialises in estate planning, cross-border estate planning, charitable trusts, Lasting Powers of Attorney, administration of estate and acting on behalf of Court of Protection Deputies in financial matters.
Elaine is a Dementia Friends Champion committed to helping other people understand more about Dementia.