We advise clients on all aspects of personal and financial affairs and those of their families, from setting up trusts for children, to assisting with the affairs of elderly relatives. We offer lifetime and estate tax planning to help ensure that loved ones are provided for.

Our niche entertainment practice and experience means that we are able to exploit fully copyright material when appointed professional executors/trustees. We constantly negotiate fees for the use of material for beneficiaries but ensure the integrity of the artist is always preserved. We can advise in the following areas:

• Wills, Estate Planning and Deeds of Variation to vary a deceased's estate
• Lifetime inheritance Tax Planning, including in relation to the family home
• Capital Gains Tax and Income Tax advice
• Private Principal Residence Relief Elections
• The Civil Partnership Act and its implications on tax, property rights and businesses
• Tax Planning for same sex couples
• Domicile and Residence advice
• Offshore trusts and offshore tax planning
• Tax compliance including Income and Capital Gains Tax returns
• Probate and Administration of Estates
• Deeds of Gift and the Establishment and Administration of Trusts, including to assist Tax Planning
• Contentious Trust and Probate Litigation, including Inheritance Tax Act (Provision for Family and Dependents) Claims
• Court of Protection work and Receivership matters, including preparation and registration of Lasting Powers of Attorney
• Appointment of Guardians
• Change of Name Deeds
• Living Wills
• Trusts - Creation and Administration
• Executor and Trustee service, including to exploit copyright material on behalf of beneficiaries
• Advice to Beneficiaries of Trusts and Estates
• Establishment of Charities and continued advice and compliance (please see our Charities Group).

"Clients have 'nothing but praise' for this team's work on trusts and personal tax. Creative tax planning has been at the forefront of the firm's practice of late, with innovative structures being established offshore. The media and entertainment industry has also provided it with a rich vein of work. The firm is known for 'answering everything promptly and efficiently' and for 'looking after us very well.'" Chambers & Partners, 2008.

For further information please contact Sarah Bridge or Glen Atchison.