Personal tax, trusts and probate

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has ‘excellent strength in depth; quality partners’, and is ’very client centric.‘ Under the collective leadership of Robert Blower, Piers Master, and William Begley, the large team provides a fully integrated service to very wealthy individuals, their families, family offices, and landed estates. Other significant clients include private banks, trustees, and wealth managers. It has considerable international capabilities, as well as family office expertise. Blower has an excellent international practice, with a particular focus on the Middle East. Master receives a steady flow of instructions from Middle Eastern families with global enterprises, and complex family shareholdings. Bart Peerless acts for some of the world’s wealthiest families. His work includes devising and implementing offshore holding structures. Dominic Lawrance is another key figure. Simon Weil often acts for families with heritage assets. Nicola Thorpe, Sangna Chauhan, and Alice Wilne have also built up strong client bases. They are regularly the lead partners on various highly complex client matters.

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'Charles Russell Speechlys is absolutely first rate in the private client practice, with deep experience and expertise in complex, multi-jurisdictional planning and litigation. All of their partners are impressive, as are their associates.'
'Of particular note are Bart Peerless, Piers Master and Jeremy Arnold. Each is a top advisor in our field, with keen intelligence, excellent judgement built on deep experience, and a practical approach to difficult problems.’
‘Bart Peerless is one of the top international private client lawyers globally. He is deeply experienced, extremely capable and efficient, possessing excellent judgement and vision. We value his advice highly and turn to him regularly.'
'Piers Master is not only deeply knowledgeable about English law, but knows a great deal about US law, which is very helpful to us in our cross-border planning. He is a charming colleague and a pleasure to work with, possessing great judgement and vision.'
'I have worked closely with Jeremy Arnold for many years on complex, high stakes, international trust litigation and tax planning, and have been extraordinarily impressed with his intellect, strategic vision and creativity. He is a joy to work with, a marvellous ally, and I would never want to be his opponent.'
'Dominic Lawrance stands tall against other top advisers in this area.'
'Bart Peerless - very able, calm, eloquent, inspires confidence. Piers Masters - the other big hitter.'
'Robert Blower - intellectual, excellent on the law, unrivalled excellence on issues with Middle East clients, unfailingly polite. Oliver Little - excellent among the younger lawyers.'

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