Russell-Cooke LLP

Private client

Non-contentious general private client and personal tax advice.

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.

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.

Italian, French

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

The Grange School, Hartford, Cheshire; Bristol University (1992 BA Mathematics and Philosophy); University of Westminster (1994 CPE); BPP Law School (1996 LPC)