Theresa Dowling
Partner | Business Succession Planning, Probate & Estate Administration, Wills & Estates, Estate Litigation
“Theresa’s warmth and approachability together with her extensive understanding and experience in estate planning and disputes make her the right person to advise you and your family now and throughout your lifetime.”
Theresa is one of the ACT’s leading succession lawyers. Her legal experience spans over 15 years and she works with clients to navigate and resolve complex inheritance issues, estate disputes and litigation. As an estate planner, Theresa works together with clients and key advisors to identify and manage risk, and to implement an estate plan that is effective and dynamic.
Theresa’s key skill set includes wills, testamentary and inter vivos trusts, enduring powers of attorney, binding death benefit nominations, and statutory wills. Theresa’s extensive experience in estate planning makes her an ideal advisor for succession of large or complex estates (including those involving multi-entity business or trust structures) or difficult family dynamics.
Theresa is particularly passionate about delivering the positive impacts of succession planning to rural and regional families, businesses and communities; Theresa’s rural background gives her a particular insight and understanding of the unique challenges regional communities face.
Theresa’s practice also encompasses complex probate and administration matters including contested grants of representation, large or complex estates and bankrupt estates. There is a proficient litigator in estate disputes, and always considers the commercial imperative and aims to assist clients in achieving early and cost-effective outcomes in estate disputes. Theresa has extensive experience in family provision matters, capacity cases and contested probate.
Theresa has completed a Master’s Degree in Applied Law (Wills & Estates), and is consistently recognised by the annual Doyle’s Guide to the Legal Profession.
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Master of Applied Law (Wills & Estates) (The College of Law, NSW)
Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (Australian National University)
Bachelor of Laws (University of Canberra)
Bachelor of Communications (University of Canberra)