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Winckworth Sherwood LLP

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Hugh MacDougald  leads a versatile team at Winckworth Sherwood LLP, which enjoyed another busy year of advising wealthy individuals and family offices on a variety of international tax and estate planning matters. Tim Snaith is also a significant member of the team, which continues to be recommended by clients and intermediaries for its experience in high-end tax, trust, inheritance and probate issues. There have been changes to the team – Dhana Sabanathan departed in January 2023, while James Mabey was promoted to the partnership in April 2023.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Excellent firm across the board. Have very knowledgeable practical fee earners who go about their business in a calm measured and civil manner'.

  • ‘Partners of exceptional quality include Tim Snaith and Hugh MacDougald. Also James Mabey (senior assoc.)  good'.

  • ‘Often flying under the radar, this team has very high quality work which it handles adeptly and discreetly. Tim Snaith, very technically able'.

  • ‘Tim Snaith is a solid operator’.

  • ‘For me, the accessibility of the Partner along with the expertise shown and the adapting of that expertise to fit my family tax planning goals'.

  • ‘Tim Snaith is so knowledgeable in his subjects of (Private Client) Wills, Trusts and Tax Planning. Not only that, he is personable. He has a great art of taking a very complicated Tax or Legal problem and making it easy to understand by the lay person'.

  • ‘The personal client care provided by Tim Snaith and the broader team is outstanding’.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Hugh MacDougald

Other key lawyers

Tim Snaith, James Mabey