Gina joined the Renaissance Legal team in January 2020 where she specialises in private client work, helping families prepare for the future with Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney and Estate Administration. She also assists vulnerable clients making Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) and helps clients in later life to prepare for the and provide for their family.
Gina advises on Inheritance Tax planning and advises Trustees in relation to Trust administration. She is responsible for the telephone service provided to the National Autistic Society, advising service users on queries regarding Wills and Trusts.
Gina qualified as a solicitor in 2016, having completed a number of years as a paralegal and obtained a first class (Hons) degree in law (LLB) from the University of Kent in 2008. She then went on to obtain a distinction in the Legal Practice Course at the University of Law, London in 2009.
Prior to joining Renaissance Legal, Gina spent time at a Hove-based firm where she undertook a range of legal work including landlord and tenant work, civil litigation, wills and estate administration, and contentious probate.
Her passion for private client work led her to Renaissance Legal and the opportunity to help families with a disabled or vulnerable loved one.
Aligning with Renaissance Legal’s own values Gina advises members at Carers Centre clinics and previously volunteered at the Brighton Unemployment Centre and Families Project. She also worked at the DWP Jobcentre Plus as an Enquiries Officer, advising and assisting people on a range of benefit and unemployment issues.
Gina has been recognised by Chambers and Partners as an Associate to Watch in the latest edition of its High Net Worth Guide 2026 with the following client feedback:
” Gina was excellent to work with in all aspects. She provided great advice, listened very carefully to our views and wishes and was very efficient”.
Gina is also a member of STEP, holding the STEP Diploma which she completed in 2024. She also holds the STEP Advanced Certificates in Advising Vulnerable Clients, Trust Administration, Taxation of Trusts and Estates and Will Preparation.
"I would like to thank Gina Cucciniello for her assistance in helping
us to establish the Trust on a solid foundation and to manage
it efficiently thereafter. I have also appreciated her thoroughness
and kindness in fielding requests for information when unexpected
events have occurred".
If you were not a lawyer what job would you do?
Paramedic – seems exciting and would love to drive with lights and sirens.
If you were given a day off work where would we find you?
Ideally on a sunny beach, realistically entertaining the two kids, doing housework or walking the dog.
What can you do that no one else in the office can do?
Scuba dive.
If you could go back in history to a specific date or time, what would it be?
The 1960’s for the fashion and it was an exciting time for exploration & progress with moon landings and civil rights movement.
Where in the world would you most like to visit?
I would like to visit Lapland so the kids can meet Santa while they’re still young and I can see the northern lights and ride a husky sledge.
