Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP

Private Client,  Immigration, Charity and Philanthropy

Ceris is a partner and head of the Charity and Philanthropy practice and head of the Immigration practice.

Ceris' areas of expertise include tax, estate planning, family governance, charity law and philanthropy and immigration. She advises UK and non-UK domiciled and resident individuals, families, estates and trustees on UK and international tax and succession issues, establishing UK and offshore trusts, family limited partnerships and other cross border asset-holding structures.

Ceris also has a wealth of experience advising on immigration, philanthropy and art and heritage property matters. Her wide-ranging experience means that, for clients, she is eminently qualified to take on the role of their trusted adviser.

Ceris is well known for advising both grant-making and operational charities on matters of charity law and tax with a particular emphasis recently on governance and risk issues. She has twice won the "Trusted Advisor of the Year" award at the STEP Private Client Awards, a coveted accolade which is based on votes of STEP members. She appears on the 2019 Private Client Global Elite, which is the list of the world's elite lawyers advising UHNW.

Ceris is named as a Leading Individual in the Legal 500 Directory and is ranked in Band 1 in the Chambers HNW guide 2020. She was named as one of the UK's Top Ten Tax and Trust Lawyers by Spear's Magazine in 2019 and 2020 and appears in the 2020 Spears 500. She was also ranked by Best Lawyers 2021 as a leading specialist in Charity Law, Art Law and Trusts and Personal Tax.

Ceris is a trustee of Crimestoppers UK, Philanthropy Impact and National Philanthropic Trust Transatlantic and is Chair of the board of trustees of National Philanthropic Trust UK.

Ceris qualified in November 1988 and became a partner in Allen & Overy in 1991. She was a founder member of Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP.

Society of Trust and Estate PractitionersCharity Law AssociationSecretary of the STEP Charity Special Interest Group

Ceris is a great fan of rugby and tennis