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Farrer & Co Offices
66 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS
LONDON
WC2A 3LH
England
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Diana Davidson
Work Department
Private client – International.
Position
Diana advises on all aspects of trust law, including onshore and offshore taxation. She also advises on capital taxation of wealthy individuals and non-domiciliaries. She is a trustee of several trusts and has extensive experience of restructuring trusts for tax and family reasons, particularly offshore trusts. Diana trained as a barrister and went into the accountancy profession as a specialist in estate planning for landowners and family businessmen. She spent six years at the Office of the Solicitor of The Inland Revenue advising on capital taxes, stamp duty, Schedule E and Revenue fraud.
Career
She moved to the Private Client Department of Lovell White Durrant when she requalified as a solicitor. Diana joined Farrer & Co in 1995.
Languages
French.
Memberships
STEP (Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners); Holborn Law Society
Education
University of Durham.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Property finance
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration