Ed Powles

Private Client, Charity and Philanthropy

Ed is a partner and advises on a range of private client and commercial trusts work.

He works with financial institutions, private clients, family offices, trustees and beneficiaries on complex UK and international trust law issues, personal taxation, and estate planning.

Ed has considerable experience in complex trust law issues, including drafting bespoke family and commercial trusts for a range of clients. He also advises UK and international individuals on UK personal tax, including residence, domicile, the remittance basis, pre-arrival planning and inheritance tax.

He advises charity trustees, those who transact with charities and donors on charity law and philanthropy, including the establishment, governance and taxation of charities. He also has a particular interest in the law relating to art and cultural property, and has led the firm's Art and Heritage Property team since 2019.

Ed is ranked as a leading lawyer by the 2020 Chambers & Partners (High Net Worth) guide, and is also ranked by the Legal 500 directory. He is a co-editor of Trust Law Quarterly.

Cambridge University (MA (2000) and LLM (2001))