Kimi Shah

Managing Associate || Wills, Estate & Succession Planning

Kimi advises individuals, families, executors, trustees, beneficiaries and business owners on complex wills, estates and succession matters across Western Australia.

Her practice focuses on estate planning, deceased estate administration, estate litigation, trust disputes and succession planning for family groups, including farming and business succession matters.

Kimi regularly acts in contested estate matters involving family provision claims, challenges to the validity of wills, executor disputes and trust-related litigation. She also advises clients on complex estate administration issues involving blended families, family trusts, companies, superannuation and intergenerational wealth transfer.

Known for her practical and empathetic approach, Kimi works closely with clients through matters that are often legally and emotionally challenging, with a focus on achieving commercially sensible and strategic outcomes.

Key Areas of Work

• Estate planning and succession planning
• Trust reviews and variations
• Testamentary trusts and asset protection strategies
• Deceased estate administration
• Probate and letters of administration applications
• Family provision claims
• Challenges to the validity of wills
• Executor and trustee disputes
• Trust disputes and equitable claims
• Farming and intergenerational succession matters
• Enduring powers of attorney and guardianship matters

Representative Matters

• Advises executors and beneficiaries in contested estate litigation involving family provision and validity disputes
• Assists high-net-worth individuals and family groups with complex estate planning and succession structures
• Acts in disputes involving trusts, fiduciary obligations and equitable claims arising from family and business arrangements
• Advises farming families and business owners on intergenerational succession and asset protection strategies
• Assists clients with complex estate administration matters involving blended families, companies, trusts and superannuation interests
• Represents clients in disputes concerning executor conduct, estate management and informal family arrangements

Industry Experience

• Family-owned businesses
• Agribusiness and farming enterprises
• High-net-worth family groups
• Property and investment structures
• Professional services
• Private wealth and succession planning

Approach

Kimi understands that estate and succession matters often involve deeply personal, financial and family considerations.

She works closely with clients to simplify complex legal issues, provide clear strategic advice and guide matters efficiently and sensitively from planning through to resolution.

Her approach combines technical legal knowledge with practical commercial thinking, particularly in matters involving family dynamics, long-term succession planning and contested estates.

Recognition

• Recognised for her work in wills, estates and estate litigation matters
• Regular contributor on succession planning, estate administration and estate litigation topics
• Named in Australasian Lawyer’s Rising Stars 2022 – recognising emerging legal leaders across Australia
• Finalist – Senior Associate of the Year – SME Law – Women in Law Awards 2021

Courts Admitted

• Admitted to practice in Western Australia
• Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Victoria
• Admitted to the High Court of Australia

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Commerce – Curtin University
• Bachelor of Laws – Edith Cowan University
• Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice – College of Law
• Masters of Applied Law (Wills & Estates) – College of Law

Membership

• Member, Law Society of Western Australia
• Member, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)