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Diana Davidson

Diana Davidson

Farrer & Co, London

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.