Farrer & Co

Private client; International.

Nick's main areas of expertise are tax and trusts, particularly the taxation of foreign domiciled individuals, the remittance basis and offshore trusts. He advises on suitable structures for foreign domiciliaries, tax-efficient strategies for extracting value from them and the tax consequences of their investment choices. Nick's clients include entrepreneurs, directors, individuals with inherited wealth and trustees. Most of his practice has a foreign element (whether foreign residence or domicile or both) but he also acts for entirely UK based clients.
Although tax is usually a significant element in his practice, he also advises on structuring and estate planning more generally, and advises on disputes between beneficiaries and trustees before they become litigious. Nick has also successfully represented a number of clients in Revenue enquiries.

Trained at Burges Salmon, qualified in 1989, practised at Thomas Eggar 1989 to 1993, taught at BPP 1993 to 1997, then practised at Clyde & Co 1997 to 1998, then Speechly Bircham 1998 to 2010 before joining Farrer & Co as a partner in May 2010.

Societyof Trust and Estate Practitioners

University of Cape Town; University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg).