Andrew Godfrey > Russell-Cooke LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Russell-Cooke LLP Offices
8 Bedford Row London
WC1R 4BX
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Andrew Godfrey
Work Department
Private client
Non-contentious general private client and personal tax advice.Position
Andrew is a partner in private client team.
Andrew is recognised for his advice on cross-border private client matters. Andrew is a member and former chair of STEP’s Cross Border Estates Group committee. He regularly talks at conferences on cross-border matters within the UK and abroad, and has authored many legal texts in this area. Andrew is a Board member of the Lexunion network and has a wide network of contacts. He speaks fluent Italian.
Andrew advises on cross-border wills, estate planning, estate administration, trusts and international tax.
Career
Trained Clifford Harris & Co, Marylebone, London 2002-04; qualified 2004; private client solicitor, Pothecary Witham Weld, Pimlico, London 2004-08; private client associate/senior associate Penningtons Manches, St Pauls, London 2008-15; partner Russell-Cooke January 2015 to date.
Committee member of British Italian Association. Current directorships: Russell-Cooke Trust Company.
Contributing author for:
- the Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents – ‘Wills with a Foreign Element’ and ‘Estates with a Foreign Element’ chapters;
- Lexis PSL Practice Notes for cross-border for a variety of succession and tax matters;
- Planning & Administration of Offshore & Onshore Trusts (Bloomsbury Professional) – ‘Planning in a Global Context’ chapter; and,
- EU Cross-Border Succession Law (Elgar Publishing – awaiting publication) – England & Wales chapter.
Publications of note: The Resident online, 08/08/2016, Mansion Global, 30/03/2017.
Languages
Italian, French
Memberships
- Member and former chair of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Cross Border Estates Group
- Member of Association of Tax Technicians (ATT)
- Lexunion Board member
- Member of British Italian Law Association
Education
The Grange School, Hartford, Cheshire; Bristol University (1992 BA Mathematics and Philosophy); University of Westminster (1994 CPE); BPP Law School (1996 LPC)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
With Rebecca Fisher at the helm, ‘Russell-Cooke LLP combines the strength and depth of talent of a City firm with non-city firm rates. They are our go-to firm for referrals for a complicated matter which needs careful and sensitive handling’. Fisher has particular expertise in advising multi-generational family businesses, entrepreneurs and family offices. Andrew Godfrey has strength in complex cross-border estates and planning matters. Nicole Gallop Mildon joined the firm from Druces LLP in November 2022 and is a diplômée notaire in France. She brings with her a wealth of experience in UK and French tax and estates advice in the private client sphere. Suzanne Mynors, who was promoted to partner in July 2022, is also recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Court of protection
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Social housing: tenant
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Real estate > Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport