AJ & Co welcomes Ben Ades as Practice Leader, Private Advisory, Wills & Estates

Ben's appointment is a significant step in the growth of AJ & Co as a national firm. It strengthens our private client capability giving families, business owners and their advisers access to specialist succession and estate advice wherever they are.

Ben has more than a decade of experience across private practice, private banking and trustee services, including roles at a Big Four bank, a Big Four accounting firm and a leading Australian trustee company. This range of experience gives him a clear understanding of how legal, financial and family considerations connect, and how to bring them together in advice that is practical and commercially sound.

He acts for individuals, families, executors, trustees and family offices on estate planning, estate administration and estate litigation. He has particular strength in cross-border planning for high net worth clients whose affairs span Australia and overseas.

His work also covers testamentary and protective trusts, business succession, intergenerational wealth transfer, SMSF succession, charitable and philanthropic structures, family constitutions and governance, enduring powers of attorney, and guardianship and administration matters.

"Ben's appointment is an important part of our national growth story. His depth of experience across private practice, banking and trustee services brings a valuable new dimension to our firm, and it means clients in every one of our offices can now access a truly integrated private client offering. We're excited to see the practice grow nationally under his leadership," 

said Andrew Johnson, Managing Director.

Ben is known for making complex matters clear and for shaping advice around each client's priorities and values.

"For me, law is about people and helping them navigate the big moments in their lives," 

Ben said.

We're thrilled to have Ben on board and look forward to the growth he'll bring to our clients and our firm nationally. Welcome to AJ & Co, Ben.