UK
Ireland
Landed estates and trusts, land-based industries, capital taxes, tax-efficient structures.
Experience
Andrew has a wide client base that ensures a constant variety of taxation issues and strategic challenges. These range from the issues and concerns facing owners of traditional landed estates, to those of trustees and beneficiaries of both onshore and offshore trusts. He acts as a trusted adviser to a number of UK and overseas families.
Notable achievements
- Capital tax advice using the full spectrum of exemptions and reliefs
- Establishing and endowing a maintenance fund for the purposes of supporting heritage property
- Advising trustees of a discretionary trust worth over £500m on UK inheritance tax matters
- Advice on the tax-efficient structuring of investments following a sale of a private company for cash
Professional qualifications/memberships
Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT).
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