DDI: 01423 724624
M: 07543 307799
E: katie.watts@raworths.co.uk
Katie is a solicitor in our Trusts, Wills and Estates Unit. She regularly advises clients on inheritance tax planning, trust and estate administration and Wills.
Katie acts on a number of professional deputy and attorney files and is actively involved in managing the finances of people who have lost capacity. She has experience in a range of Court of Protection applications, including an application to appoint new trustees in the place of a sole trustee who had lost capacity.
As well as advising individuals, Katie also advises trustees and charity trustees on the creation of trusts and charities and their subsequent administration. Katie has applied to the Charity Commission to register charities and also to make amendments to the governing documents of charities.
Having recently passed all of her STEP exams, Katie became a full STEP member in September 2020.
Katie is also an Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador and is regularly involved in running Dementia Friends Information Sessions for her colleagues at Raworths.
Background
Joined Raworths: 2016
Educated: University of Warwick and University of Law
Previous roles: Trainee Solicitor at SGH Martineau, Solicitor at Addleshaw Goddard
Born: Leeds
Qualified as a Solicitor: 2015
