Withers LLP

Wealth planning.

Partner in wealth planning group specialising in US and international tax and trust work and cross-border charity representation.

Trained Crane & Hawkins; qualified 1980; assistant Crane & Hawkins (now part of Lawrence Graham) 1980-83; called to the District of Columbia Bar 1985; Arnold & Porter, Washington DC 1984-87; associate Bryan Cave, Washington DC and London 1987-92; associate and partner Brown & Wood, London 1992-98; partner Bryan Cave 1998-2004; partner Withers LLP 2004. Publications (Richard Cassell); co-author of Navigating the Treacherous Tczx North Atlantic: Aspects of Anglo-American Estate Planning, Chapter 18, ABA’s Updated Guide to International Estate Planning, November 2013; Philanthropy Impact Magazine, ‘Can governments make you more virtuous?’, Autumn 2013; Navigatzng the Treacherous Tax North Atlantic Aspects of Anglo-American Estate Planning, Chapter 18, A Guicle to International Estate Planning, ABA Publishing/Section of Real Property Probate and Trust Law, New Edition Published August 2013; Co-author of U.S IRS unveils the FATCA registration portal -Bloomberg Law Tax Planning International European Tax Service and Bloomberg BNA International Tax Centre, August 2013; Offshore Investment, ‘Why Charities care about FATCA ; Offshore Investment, August 2013; U.S. FATCA Update: Final Regulations, Intergovernmental Agreements and Their Impact on the Fiduciary and Asset Management Industries, Richard Cassell and Kristin Konschnilc, Published Bloomberg BNA, June 2013; Coauthor Bloomberg BNA World Securities Law Report, June 2013;Co-author Bloomberg BNA Tax Planning International European Tax Service, May 2013; The United States of America Chapter in the The Law and Practice of International Charitable Giving, Published by Oxford University Press, November 2012; Offshore Red, United States and United Kingdom sign Bilateral Agreement to implement FATCA, September 2012; Offshore Investment, Commentary Section, The Swings and Roundabouts of International Tax Policy, May 2012.

District of Columbia Bar; Solicitors in England; STEP (International Committee); ABA (Tax Section); Philanthropy Impact (trustee).

St Paul’s School, London; University College, London (1976 BA); College of Law (Solicitors exams); University of Pennsylvania (1984 LLM).