Team Members

Rebecca Edwards

Special Counsel
Rebecca is a superannuation, wills and estates lawyer at Cooper Grace Ward, with over 15 years’ experience.

Rebecca is a superannuation, wills and estates lawyer at Cooper Grace Ward, with over 15 years’ experience.

She has a keen interest in estate administration, estate disputes and superannuation, including self-managed superannuation funds and succession matters and is a member of the SMSF Association’s Professional Standards Committee.

Rebecca has significant experience assisting clients in matters involving superannuation, particularly SMSFs, as well as estate litigation and estate administration.
She is also able to assist clients in matters involving Enduring Powers of Attorney, capacity, Guardianship and Administration, and elder abuse. In addition, Rebecca spent a decade working in aged care and retirement villages before entering the legal profession. That experience, combined with her legal practice experience, is invaluable in assisting clients and their family with issues involving succession.

  • Solicitor – Supreme Court of Queensland and High Court of Australia
  • Bachelor of Laws (Honours) – Bond University
  • Master of Applied Wills and Estates – College of Law
  • Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (Distinction)
  • NVQ 4 Aged Care Management
  • SMSF Specialist Advisor –SMSF Association
  • Member – Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
  • Member – SMSF Association

Areas of Expertise

Publications

Cooper Grace Ward recognised for excellence in Wills, Estates and Succession law

Doyles Guide has released its rankings for Wills, Estates, Estates Litigation and Succession Planning Lawyers and Law Firms in Queensland for 2025, and Cooper Grace Ward has once again performed exceptionally well.