Chris Cumberbatch > Ashtons Legal > Bury St Edmunds, England > Lawyer Profile
Ashtons Legal Offices
THE LONG BARN
Fornham Business Court, Fornham St Martin
BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK
IP31 1SL
England
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Chris Cumberbatch
Work Department
Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Chris is a senior solicitor and qualified trust and estate practitioner.
His focus is on preventing disputes or unnecessary complications in a succession, using clear advice and documents that families can rely on in the longer term. Legitimate tax planning forms a part of this, but equally so does the family dynamic.
He is a fluent French speaker and has worked in law firms in France and Belgium, and specialises in handling cross border Wills, tax and succession matters for the firm’s clients with international concerns. He works closely with the Lifetime Planning, Trust and Tax and Contentious Probate teams.
Chris is a senior visiting fellow in law at the University of Suffolk, where he lectures in equity and trusts. He also supports junior lawyers at the Suffolk Law Centre and sits on the risk and audit committee of Bury Cathedral, and holds a research masters in charity law.
Languages
French
Education
When not working Chris is a longstanding trustee of civil rights charity ISCRE and latterly the newly formed Suffolk Law Centre, and spent many years as lead tenor in the Ipswich Community Gospel Choir.
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia
Ashtons Legal has a deep bench of private client lawyers across East Anglia, with practice head Alan Brown
in Bury St Edmunds regarded as one of the region’s foremost advisers on tax planning for both domestic and overseas clients. Also in Bury, Matthew Cameron is highly regarded for his knowledge of French law, including inheritance tax matters. In Ipswich, joint heads of lifetime planning Janette Wand and Louise Cardwell are the standout practitioners. ‘They have a modern and approachable style and an ability to make complex things simple‘, remarks one client. Chris Cumberbatch and Faye Stolls in Bury are among the firm’s talented senior associates.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Norwich
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Real estate > Commercial property: Norwich
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Norwich
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Transport and shipping
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge