Yousafa Hazara
Irwin MitchellThe practice at Irwin Mitchell 'is extremely responsive, approachable and technically astute’. With Alex Ruffel at the helm, its primary experience is in international private client work. It acts for family offices, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families. In addition, it has developed its charity and philanthropy practice through the recruitment of Matthew Briggs from The Burnside Partnership in June 2023. The group is also continuing to grow its Sharia practice which is led by Yousafa Hazara. It is well-placed to handle an array of complex cross-border tax matters and cross-border estates.
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'Alex Ruffel is fantastic and my number one lawyer in London for all private client and tax matters. Super reliable, fast, zero ego issues, most agreeable to work with. Wonderful humour too. My clients love her.’
‘Jessica Fazzone is highly professional, skilled and available. She ensures that the client obtains the assistance they are seeking. She is also pragmatic and able to simplify complex situations. On top of that, she is always very pleasant.'
‘Excellent knowledge of subject and speed of service.'
‘Yousafa Hazara is an exceptional solicitor; of her many attributes, the ones that stand out most to me would be her technical prowess and her approachability.'
‘Matthew Briggs is a very collaborative individual with a pleasant client manner. He is responsive, technically sound and a pleasure to deal with.’
‘I worked with Matthew Briggs and his technical ability, client service and attention to detail is exceptional.'
'Yousafa Hazara has been extremely helpful and diligent in going into the myriad of details of UK domicile requirements, inheritance tax, and my estate planning requirements. She is a wealth of information, and she provided highly detailed written information to demystify the complexity.'
'Matthew Briggs is so user friendly, a consummate professional.’
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