Areas of Practice
Track Record
Acting for a prominent family with assets of £2bn plus to establish a single family office to manage the family’s global assets based in 7 different jurisdictions. Advice includes the establishment of multiple separate PTC vehicles, and the structuring of real estate.
Acting on a number of cases involving sharia succession rules and advising in the context of the application of these rules outside of the Gulf. Kyra has worked to both structure wealth as well as to challenge planning undertaken where there has been a family dispute
Kyra has a typical Family Office practice and manages multiple different elements for individuals, from sourcing luxury goods and property to management of household staff and art, cars, yachts and private jets.
Awards & Rankings
Chambers HNW Awards, Foreign Jurisdiction Expert – Shortlisted 2022
Legal Week Private Client Global Elite, Rising Leader, 2022
Legal 500, Next Gen Partner, 2021 & 2022
Chambers HNW, Foreign Expert, 2020 -2021
Legal Week Private Client Global Elite, One to Watch, 2021
EprivateClient, Top 35 under 35, 2016 – 2018
Conference Speaking
STEP Jersey Seminar, Practical tips for dealing with the new IHT rules for UK residential property, 2019
ICSA Seminar, Private Client Governance Succession Structures for the Internationally mobile, 2018
Memberships
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Education & Qualification
University of Southampton
Qualified as a solicitor in 2011
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We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for four categories in the STEP Private Client Awards.
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