Trea McGuinness
Partner
About Trea
Trea is a Partner and the Head of our Private Client Department. She specialises in the areas of trusts, estate planning, and the administration of estates. She also has considerable expertise in both residential and commercial conveyancing.
She advises domestic and international clients, both private and professional, in the administration of estates and related taxation and litigation. She has also advised a number of charitable organisations in regard to charitable bequests, the administration of estates and any resulting litigation. She has extensive experience in the implementation and registration of Enduring Powers of Attorney, advising both donors and attorneys, and in Wards of Court applications. She advises executors and beneficiaries on a wide variety of matters, as they arise, including validity of Wills, capacity, undue influence, legal right share, claims by children (Section 117 applications), appointment of administrator ad litem, second and subsequent grants of administration and promissory estoppel, among other areas. She has represented clients in Probate litigation, both in the issue and defence of proceedings.
Trea has significant experience advising both purchasers and vendors in the sale, acquisition, lease and voluntary transfer of residential and commercial property, including high value property. She has also acted on behalf of a large financial institution in the sale of properties by mortgagee in possession.
Trea has a Bachelor of Social Science Degree from University College Dublin and was admitted to the roll of Solicitors in Ireland in 2005. She holds a Diploma in Trust and Estate Planning from the Law Society of Ireland and is a member of Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). She is a long standing member and former Chair of the Dublin Solicitor’s Bar Association (DSBA) Probate and Taxation Committee and former Committee member of STEP Ireland.
Trea is ranked in the Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2025 for Private Wealth Law as an Associate to Watch.
Recent Experience
- Advising an Executor on renouncing as Executor after intermeddling in the Estate
- Advising Legal Personal Representatives on administration of insolvent estate
- Advising on post-death variations by way of Deed of Disclaimer and Deed of Family Arrangements
- Advising in the administration of estates and tax related queries
- Drafting of wills and advising on estate planning
- Drafting of both will trusts and inter vivos trusts
- Advising charitable organisations in regard to charitable bequests
- Representing clients in probate litigation (issue and defence of proceedings)
- Acting in the application of an Order admitting a copy of a Will to proof
- Representing a client in an application for liberty to extract Letters of Administration with Will annexed
- Acting in the registration of Enduring Powers of Attorney under the 2015 Act and advising attorneys on their role and duties under an Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA)
- Advising clients on Decision Support Making Arrangements to include Decision-Making Assistance Arrangements, Co-decision Making Arrangements and application for a Decision-Making Representation Order
- Acting in the acquisition and disposal of residential & commercial property
- Acting in the re-financing of residential and commercial properties
Education
- Bachelor of Social Science, University College Dublin
- Qualified as a Solicitor in Ireland, Law Society of Ireland
- Diploma in Trust and Estate Planning, Law Society of Ireland
Professional Memberships
- Law Society of Ireland
- Dublin Solicitors Bar Association
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
- Former Chair of the DSBA Probate and Taxation Committee
- Former Committee Member of STEP Ireland