Sam is also a member of the firm’s Commercial and Corporate practice, and has expertise in a wide range of business-related matters, including sales of businesses, partnerships, joint ventures and structures.
It’s his combination of law and commerce qualifications that enables Sam to advise clients and assist them in achieving their legal and commercial objectives.
Recognition
Sam has been recognised as a ‘leading’ lawyer in the Doyle’s Wills & Estates Guide, Leading Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyers — Victoria since 2017.
- Leading Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyer — Victoria: 2024 (Leading), 2023 (Leading), 2022 (Leading) 2021 Leading, 2020 (Leading), 2019 (Recommended), 2018 (Recommended) and 2017 (Leading)
- Leading Wills & Estates Litigation Lawyers — Victoria: 2018, 2019, 2016 and 2015 (Recommended)
As Principal Lawyer and Head of KCL Law’s Executive Committee, Sam received an Excellence Award and won the prestigious Law Firm Leader of the Year (≤200 employees) in the Australasian Law Awards 2021. The Australasian Law Awards celebrate excellence across the legal profession in Australia and New Zealand. To start your estate planning with Sam, click here.
Areas of practice
- Wills
- Testamentary trusts
- Buy / sell agreements
- Powers of Attorney
- Protecting assets from divorce
- Superannuation and death
- Trust variations and appointments
- International wills
- Business succession
- Asset protection
- Establishment of all types
- Variations and appointments
- Advice
- Disputes
Probate and estate administration
- Disputes with executors
- Deceased estates
- Probate applications
- Letters of administration and application
- Estate administration
Estate disputes and litigation
- TFM applications
- Supreme Court disputes
- Guardianship and administration
Professional memberships
- Law Institute of Victoria
Admitted to practice
- 1996 — Supreme Court of Victoria