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Contact UsSimon Gibb focuses his practice on tax advice, trust and estate planning for UK and non-UK resident and domiciled individuals, including on the protection and devolution of trust assets. While he advises on all aspects of personal taxation and structuring, his practice has an emphasis on the structuring of family businesses through trusts and foundations. Simon is regularly involved in both non-contentious and contentious tax work.
Dawn is senior counsel in the trust, estate and inheritance disputes team.Dawn has a wealth of experience litigating and working proactively with wealth-holding structures across the trust world, Europe, South America, Russia & CIS and the Middle East. She is tri-qualified (England & Wales, BVI and Eire) and acts in and advises on litigation spanning the whole range of trust and probate or estate and cross border succession issues. Once a problem has arisen she advises on ways to defu...
Nicholas (Nick) Holland focuses his practice on international contentious trusts and estates and acts primarily for wealthy families, individuals, institutional trustees, protectors and enforcers in disputes involving offshore trusts. Nick is also often involved in non-contentious international private wealth matters where he brings his extensive knowledge of offshore trusts and jurisdictions as well as potentially litigious outcomes to bear on the difficulties faced by international wealthy ...
Email Judith LinkedIn Download vCard Recommend JudithJudith is a consultant in the private client and tax team.She focuses on tax, trust and estate planning work for individuals and trustees. In addition to a full range of UK work, Judith is frequently involved in projects requiring consideration of international tax and succession issues. After working in the firm’s London office for 18 years, she spent 6 in the firm’s Swiss offices, but is now back in London again.
Patricia is a partner in the private client and tax team.She focuses on tax, trust and estate planning for both UK and non-UK resident and domiciled individuals and their families. Patricia has significant experience in advising family businesses and landed estates on succession and capital tax issues.She also advises on governance issues as well as succession and education matters for families. She has been instrumental in the establishment of new family offices as well as providing ongoing ...
Astrid B. Owen advises internationally based clients and their family offices, trustees and private banks on international trust, tax and wealth-transfer issues. She focuses particularly on clients and matters in the United States, the UK, Continental Europe and the Middle East. Astrid has extensive knowledge of the structuring of established and start-up family owned businesses through the use of trusts, foundations and holding companies. She works extensively with the Firm’s corporate...
Sarah is a senior associate in the trust, estate and inheritance disputes team.She advises on all types of domestic and international probate disputes including issues relating to the validity of wills and trusts and claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.She also specialises in on and offshore trust litigation including claims for removal of protectors or trustees, access to trust information, Mistake, Variation and directions applications. She has experi...
Anita Shah focuses her practice on contentious private wealth matters, in particular trusts and probate. She advises high-net-worth individuals, wealthy families, protectors and enforcers on international dispute resolution issues, contentious estates including offshore trusts, and commercial disputes containing fiduciary elements in multiple jurisdictions.
Jennifer Ronz focuses her practice on large-scale commercial dispute resolution as well as contentious tax and trust matters. She has acted for a wide range of claimants and defendants across various forms of dispute resolution including litigation, arbitration and mediation in multiple jurisdictions. Jennifer has a wealth of experience handling high-value disputes on behalf of corporate clients and ultra-high net worth individuals within the United Kingdom and globally on a variety of contra...

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