Areas of Practice
Track Record
Regularly advising non-UK domiciled individuals ahead of their move to the UK in relation to how they and their existing asset-holding structures will be subject to tax in the UK once they become UK resident
Advising a high net worth non-UK resident non-UK domiciled family in relation to the use of a trust for succession planning purposes
Advising a high net worth US national on the implications of spending more time in the UK, including on the UK treatment of trusts settled by him or of which he was a beneficiary and the application of the US/UK income tax treaty
Assisting a UK resident Swiss national with the establishment of a family office
Advising a long-term UK resident on the UK tax implications of becoming deemed domiciled for UK tax purposes
Advising Channel Islands trustees on the treatment of a trust established by a UK resident and domiciled settlor and the UK tax implications of winding up the trust
Awards & Rankings
Legal 500, Next Gen Partner, 2023 – 2026
Chambers HNW, Up and Coming, 2023 – 2025
Private Client Global Elite, Excellence, 2024
Legal Week Private Client Global Elite, Rising Leader, 2022
Legal Week Private Client Global Elite, Ones to Watch, 2017 – 2019 & 2021
Conference Speaking
STEP Seminar – UK-Spain Cross-Border Estate Planning, 2019
Education & Qualification
University of Birmingham
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