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Jolyon Barton

Jolyon Barton

Gardner Leader LLP, South East

Work Department

Personal tax, trusts and probate and Commercial property

Position

Jolyon (Jo) is a partner at Gardner Leader in the Inheritance Protection team.

Jo’s work includes inheritance tax and capital gains tax mitigation, wills drafting, creating and advising on trusts and their use in tax planning, administration of large and complex estates, court of protection matters and deputyships and lasting powers of attorney.

Commercial and other property matters Jo has dealt with have included property transactions associated with tax planning and trusts, acquisitions and disposals including business premises, farms and residential property, options and development agreements, grant and renewal of commercial leases and property tax considerations.

Within the partnership Jo is Inheritance Protection team leader and the firm’s Money Laundering Reporting Officer.

Memberships

Jo has been a member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) since 2000 and was Chairman of STEP Thames Valley Branch from 2012 until May 2015 and serves on this committee.

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