Simon Rylatt
Partner
Private Client & Tax
89 New Bond Street
London
W1S 1DA
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7079 8193
Facsimile: +44 (0) 20 7079 8354
Email:
srylatt@boodlehatfield.com
Practice areas:
Simon deals with a wide range of UK and international tax and estate planning matters for individuals, family businesses and trusts, and handles high value, contentious trust and estate disputes for both onshore and offshore clients. He also advises on long term planning strategies for wealthy families and their businesses (including wealth protection structures, governance, divorce issues, pre-nuptial agreements and generational succession planning).
Career:
Qualified 1999
Assistant Solicitor 1999-2000 Thomas Eggar Church Adams
Assistant Solicitor 2000-2003 Boodle Hatfield
Associate 2003 Boodle Hatfield
Partner 2005 Boodle Hatfield
Education:
Southampton University
Professional memberships:
Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS)
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) (sits on the editorial board)
International Academy of Estate and Trust Law (TIAETL)
Languages:
French
Articles and publications:
Contributor to Business Families and Family Business: the STEP Handbook for Advisers
Contributed to a chapter in Tolley's Estate Planning 2009-2010
'On the bright side', The STEP Journal, March 2008
'International succession planning', STEP Journal, October 2007
''Where to start?', STEP Journal, June 2007
'Putting your trust in court decisions?', Private Client Practitioner, October 2006
'All my worldly goods', Money Management, July 2006
'Disclosure issues for Offshore Trusts: The UK Perspective', Offshore Investment, May 2006
'Chasing the Bermudian dragon', Trust & Estates Law & Tax Journal, April 2006
'The 2004-05 season', Trusts and Estates 2005, 2005
Leisure:
Hockey, cinema, films, music
Simon Rylatt has been recognised by Private Client Practitioner in their inaugural Top 35 Under 35 2009 list.
“He is able to provide clear, sensible and practical advice, whilst never forgetting the sensitivity of a matter.”
Chambers (2010)
"Fantastic and impressive" and "offers top-level industry knowledge"
Legal 500 (2009)
Simon Rylatt is “clever, organised disciplined and methodical” and impresses interviewees with his “ability to always be on top of all the issues”
Chambers Global (2009)
Simon Rylatt receives a number of recommendations from commentators. His intellect is the subject of praise, as is his “sensible, practical approach ,” which combine to make him “very good to work with .”
Chambers Global (2008)
"Simon Rylatt is developing an international profile."
Chambers (2007)
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