• Art & Cultural Property
• Children
• Relationships
• Wills and Estate Administration
• Wealth Protection
  • Offshore Structures & Trusts
  • Residence & Domicile
• Trust & Probate Disputes
• Families in Business
• Residential Property
• Criminal
• Dispute resolution
• Charities
• Freedom of Expression & Human Rights

The world today is more dynamic than ever and a significant proportion of our clients have an international dimension to their affairs.  This can present complex challenges but also significant opportunities, particularly in personal tax planning.

Our services include:

• advising clients about UK law and Inland Revenue (HMRC) practice regarding residence, domicile and deemed domicile for UK tax purposes
• advice concerning conflicts of law and the interaction of UK and foreign succession and tax laws
• advising non-domiciled clients about the use of offshore structures to mitigate UK tax
• tax planning advice for those coming to or leaving the UK 
• structuring clients’ offshore accounts to mitigate their UK tax liability by making use of the remittance basis

Recent experience advising:

• a family who have emigrated from the UK to minimise the inheritance tax exposure on their UK assets
• non-UK domiciled clients concerning the UK tax treatment of their income and capital gains arising outside the UK 
• the UK heirs of a foreign domiciled family member concerning UK tax planning opportunities for the estate 
• a retired entrepreneur prior to his arrival in the UK concerning wealth structuring to make optimum use of his non-domiciled status