James Antoniou, TEP

Head of Estate Planning & Senior Solicitor

James Antoniou is Head of Estate Planning and a Senior Solicitor at Co-op Legal Services in Bristol.

As Head of the Estate Planning legal practice, James is responsible for the wills and lasting power of attorney writing team from both an operational and commercial perspective. James has considerable experience in all aspects of private client law having spent many years representing a broad spectrum of clients including high net worth individuals and lottery winners.

His expertise covers a wide range of advice on wills, probate, lasting power of attorney, tax and trusts and related succession issues. James has been ranked in the two major legal directories, Chambers and Partners and Legal 500, as a leader in his field and, earlier in his career, he was named as one of the Top 35 under 35 Private Client practitioners in the country.

Career history

James qualified as a Solicitor in 2003 and has specialised in wills, probate, tax and trusts ever since. He spent 10 years as at a large law firm where he was a Partner before joining Co-op Legal Services in 2014.