Katerina Peiros

Katerina Peiros is an accredited specialist in Wills & Estates in Victoria (LIV). She practises exclusively in all aspects of succession law. She is the principal of Hartwell Legal, a Melbourne-based boutique practice.

Katerina has a regular “Successful Succession” column in the Taxation in Australia Journal. She has written widely and presents at conferences. She is a member of the Succession Law Committee at the LIV.

Katerina is a member of the worldwide Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners (STEP), the Tax Institute and the Wills & Estates Study Group at the Law Institute of Victoria.

Publications

• Estate Planning, Business Succession Planning
• Legalisation of euthanasia to come into effect in Victoria, Legalwise
• Accountants as executors: does it add up?

Speaking Engagements

Katerina has presented at various forums on a wide variety of topics including:

• Duties of Solicitors towards will-maker clients
• Distribution of deceased estates

Professional Organisations & Memberships

• member of the Law Institute of Victoria study group on Wills & Estates
• member of STEP, a worldwide association of Trust and Estate Practitioners
• affiliate member of the Taxation Institute of Australia
• member of the Succession Law Committee for Victoria