Private Advisory & Estates
Strategic, personal legal advice - built on trust.
At AJ & Co, we advise families, business owners, and private clients on how to protect, preserve and transition wealth with clarity and confidence.
Our team specialises in tailored legal solutions across estate planning, succession, trusts, and asset protection. We work with individuals, family groups, private businesses, and their advisors to structure outcomes that align with personal values and long-term objectives.
Whether you're planning for the future or navigating complex estate or trust administration, we bring discretion, foresight, and precision to every matter.
Our Expertise Includes:
- Personal and business asset protection strategies
- Business succession planning and family continuity
- Estate planning including for people with complex family situations or related entities, litigation risk and cross jurisdictional assets
- Preparing documents to facilitate the transition of businesses and related entities including variations to trust deeds, constitutions, superannuation funds and preparation of other governance documents
- Support to family offices, including preparing family governance documents (such as family constitutions) implementing advisory boards and participating in or facilitating family meetings
- Obtaining grants of probate and letters of administration, including where there are capacity issues or issues with the validity of the will
- Administration of estates and trusts, including where there are related entities or complex administration issues requiring Court applications
- Estate and trust litigation, including family provision applications, issues with the interpretation or drafting of a will or trust deed, statutory will applications or other issues requiring the intervention of the Court
Our Private Advisory & Estates Specialists

Paige Edwards
Partner

Pete Galea
Special Counsel

Tran Vuong
Special Counsel

Stephen Gray
Consultant

Mark Lowis
Partner