Expertise

Based in our Monte Carlo office, offers legal advice Monaco law in the context of  private international law, conflicts of law, art law, tax and estate planning, wills and trusts, international executorships, private yachts, Family Offices, private and corporate immigration (Monaco), banking, regulatory and financial services.

Assists with the acquisition, structuring / financing / of French real estate and real estate law in Monaco.

Acts as a personal trustee and recognised attorney for Monaco's Trust Law 214.

Experience

• Advised numerous high net worth individuals, celebrities and estates including The Duke of Bedford, Sir Elton John, Michael Schumacher and George Harrison
• Advises financial institutions such as Coutts and American Express; Christie's; Tottenham Hotspur; ship-owning families; entrepreneurs and Family Offices

Professional

Guildford College of Law 1973-1978
Articled at Dale & Newbery (Qualified 1979)
Scholarship studying Comparative Law at Aix en Provence, France
Frere Cholmeley, Paris 1980-1981
Frere Cholmeley, Monaco 1981-1983
Frere Cholmeley, Monaco, Partner 1983-1989 (Managing Partner of Monaco office 1989, Managing Partner of Barcelona office 1992 and administrator of Milan and Rome offices in 1992)
Frere Cholmeley Bischoff, Monaco Managing Partner 1993-1998 (via merger)
Eversheds, Monaco Managing Partner 1998-2003 (via merger)
LG, Monaco Managing Partner 2003 to date (due to takeover of Eversheds, Monaco)

Professional Memberships

The Law Society (England & Wales)
International Tax Planning Association (ITPA)
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
Institute of Art & Law
Institute of Directors (IOD) (Monaco Chairman)

Publications

• Author of the "Monaco" chapters in "Capital Taxes and Estate Planning in Europe"; "Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Europe"; "International Taxation of Low Tax Transactions"

Languages

English and French