Stephenson Harwood

Employment, pensions, private wealth, immigration, contentious trusts and corporate tax

Beatrice’s primary focus is advising UK residents and non-residents, domicile and non-domicile individuals, private banks, trustees, and family offices, on their international tax, trust, and estate planning issues.

Beatrice has an extensive portfolio of clients and specialises in a European tax and trust practice with a particular expertise on Italian issues.

Beatrice also has significant experience in advising financial institutions and trustees on international trust and tax matters and on the ownership, structuring and acquisition of UK and non-UK real estate.

Beatrice also specialises in cross-border estate planning issues with a particular focus on all issues arising from Roman Law and Common Law application.

Beatrice is also recognised one of the leading individuals in the UK private wealth community. She is ranked by the Legal 500 for expertise in Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate and by Chambers & Partners for Private Wealth, Family Offices & Funds Structuring and Foreign Expertise (Italy), with interviewees commenting "Beatrice is excellent at representing high-end clients with complex, multinational issues". Others comment "Beatrice is a trusted adviser. She is technically very able. Her client-handling skills are second to none. Her emotional intelligence is phenomenal, which helps her to deliver what the client needs." Beatrice has been included in the Private Client Global Elite for many years, as well as the Spear's Indices for Top Recommended Tax & Trusts lawyers and eprivateclient's 50 Most Influential list.