Areas of Practice
Track Record
Acting for a prominent family (net worth $20Bn) to establish a single family office structure to manage the family’s global assets including financial assets, commercial and residential property interests, a significant art collection, various aircraft and vessels, and a growing portfolio of private equity holdings
Restructuring a significant UK real estate portfolio valued at around £750M for an international client looking to undertake generational planning for his seven children; establishing a series of trusts incorporating detailed mechanisms for “allocation” of properties to particular branches of the family and related valuation mechanisms
Advising a leading international entrepreneur on his relocation to the UK, providing pre-immigration tax advice and structuring his investment portfolio to make provision for his children who were resident in four different jurisdictions
Awards & Rankings
Chambers HNW Awards, Foreign Jurisdiction Expert – Shortlisted 2022
Chambers HNW, Top Ranked Individual, 2021
Chambers HNW, Ranked Individual, 2017 – 2020
Chambers HNW, Foreign Expert for Middle East, 2017 – 2021
Who’s Who Legal, Recommended Individual, 2020
Legal Week Private Client Global Elite, Top 200, 2017 – 2019 & 2021
Education & Qualification
University of London
Qualified as a solicitor in 1999
Recommended by Salpy
We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for four categories in the STEP Private Client Awards.
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