Ariel Lekas

Ariel advises families, individuals, and business owners on integrated estate, trust, and succession planning. Her practice focuses on developing personalized strategies that support both business continuity and personal planning goals across generations.

She assists clients with estate and incapacity planning, including the preparation of wills, powers of attorney, representation agreements, and trusts. She also advises on intergenerational business transfers and succession planning for private companies. In the administration context, Ariel works with individuals and trust companies to guide them through all stages of estate and trust administration, including the preparation of probate and administration applications, liaising with accountants, financial advisors, and the Public Guardian and Trustee, identifying and paying taxes and liabilities, transmitting and transferring real estate and corporate shares, and distributing assets to beneficiaries.

Ariel also advises on a range of corporate matters, including the formation and structuring of businesses and not-for-profit endeavors, shareholder agreements, tax-driven reorganizations, and wind-ups. Earlier in her career, she maintained a broad corporate and commercial law practice, advising clients across various industries on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, real estate transactions, and estate and trust administration.