Expertise

Specialises in international and domestic taxation, trusts and estate planning. His practice is significantly international, acting on large trust structures for a number of substantial institutions, for wealthy individuals, and for non-UK domiciliaries on inward investment into the UK.
 
Other specialisations are acting for trustees on UK corporate transactions, in trust situations where beneficiaries are divorcing, and complex trust drafting. Particular focus on clients from South East Asia.
 
Has been consulted as an expert witness in his field.
 
Named as a leading practitioner in London and the UK in the field of trusts and tax planning in the latest editions of Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession and The Legal 500.

Experience

• Complex planning and highly complex trust drafting for very wealthy clients and trustees in South East Asia
• Advised on a major sale of UK company by offshore trustees
• Advised on the tax structuring for one of the largest UK residential property acquisitions by a non-domiciliary

Professional

Baileys Shaw & Gillett 1980-1984
Rooks Rider, Partner 1986-2002
LG, Partner 2002 to date

Professional Memberships

On the International Council and a Director of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP); being on the Development Committee is heavily involved in the international aspects of STEP, especially in Asia and Australasia

Member of the International Fiscal Association

Publications

• Extensive international lectures including in Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and Switzerland, as well as London and Oxford, and around the UK, on international tax, trust and estate matters
• Author of a number of articles and chapters relation to tax, trust and estate planning