Vivienne Bishop

Vivienne is a senior associate in the firm's commercial property group and specialises in private client work.

She advises on all areas of asset protection planning and acts for a number of the firm's high net worth clients. She brings a personal touch to that often delicate situation. In particular Vivienne has expertise in:

• Trust establishment, review, resettlement, variations and vesting
• Wills - complex drafting and advice
• Estate administration - complex applications for grants of probate and letters of administration for both New Zealand wills and foreign wills
• Powers of attorney - enduring, general and specific
• Relationship property - advice and contracting out agreements
• Gifting - advice post the abolishment of gift duty
• Retirement villages - advice on occupation right agreements
• Residential care - advice on eligibility for government subsidies and government loans

Other Credentials

• Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) - Member
• Estate and Tax Planning Council - Member