Partner

Angela McCulloch

Angela acts for trustees, executors, individuals and families. She advises on wills; estate and succession planning; the use, creation, administration and winding up of trusts; adult incapacity issues including preparation of powers of attorney; pensions; and the administration of executries. Angela is experienced in dealing with contentious trust and estate matters, including breach of trust, deadlock with trustees, legal rights claims and executry disputes.

In addition to acting for trustees, executors, individuals and families, Angela also acts for large financial institutions on the private client law services provided to their clients and customers – our “volume” services. Unique in terms of volume and number of institutions involved, Angela manages the provision of Scottish private client law services to financial institutions and is experienced in supporting the customer experience for these organisations and operating to agreed service levels.

Angela is based in Glasgow.

Living Brodies' values

Clients and colleagues alike appreciate Angela's pragmatic advice, collaborative approach and ability to get the job done calmly and efficiently.

Highlights

Acting for a large retail bank in relation to trusts and executries, and providing practical and commercial solutions when disputes arise.
Member of STEP and a former winner of the STEP President’s Prize: Qualified Practitioner of the Year – Law (Scotland).
Advising high net worth clients on the use of trusts when setting up family investment companies.
A key member of the firms' Wills by Brodies service, our online wills offering.

Rankings

Ranked as a Next Generation Partner by Legal 500 UK 2021 - Contentious Trusts and Probate
Ranked as Band 4 in Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2023.

Angela has been invaluable in providing excellent advice in terms of will and family IHT planning. She has made time for us to discuss matters, often at short notice, for which we are very grateful.

Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2025, Private Wealth Law