Debbie Serota

Debbie Serota is a corporate partner in London, advising family offices, entrepreneurs and HNW/UHNW families on non-contentious corporate matters, with a particular focus on reorganisations, wealth protection structuring and transaction readiness for privately held groups. She regularly designs and implements Family Investment Companies (FICs) and Personal Investment Companies (PICs), and leads complex corporate restructurings to align governance, tax and succession objectives across multi-jurisdictional asset bases.

Debbie’s work often runs cross border, coordinating foreign counsel and advisers for internationally mobile clients. She is known for project managing multi jurisdictional matters and for close collaboration with both external and Irwin Mitchell’s private client/tax teams to integrate corporate structures with family wealth plans (including FIC/PIC frameworks, shareholder arrangements and long term stewardship). Her experience in working with family offices and UHNW clients led to her being added to the Spear’s Index for Best Corporate Lawyers in 2025.

Her client base is referral led and highly confidential; intermediaries value her pragmatic, solutions driven approach and ability to translate family objectives into clear, durable corporate architecture. Debbie’s practice typifies Irwin Mitchell’s integrated offering to business owning families and family offices, combining corporate execution with succession planning and asset protection objectives.