England - London • Private client
McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP
The nimble team at McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP has particular strength in international tax matters. It frequently represents wealthy individuals and families, who are typically international and who have financial and family commitments, structures and assets that are located in multiple jurisdictions. Under the joint leadership of Simon Gibb and Nicholas Holland , it represents multibillion-dollar net worth families, structures and fiduciaries. There have been some changes to the team: Andrew Vergunst departed in December 2022, Ziva Robertson and Simon Goldring both departed in March 2023.
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Testimonials
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‘The team provides a first class tax advisory and litigation service. They have great technical expertise in personal tax matters, including matters which have an international dimension. They are very good at dealing with trust and tax issues and personal matters such as residence and domicile'.
‘Simon Gibb is a well respected tax partner who has great technical expertise and gives sound advice. He has an in-depth knowledge of the taxation of offshore trusts and non-domiciled individuals'.
'Simon gives clear, practical and measured advice and is good at dealing with HMRC. He is very efficient at dealing with matters and manages to turn around difficult questions promptly'.
- Abigail Nott is very thorough at researching issues'.
‘Unparalleled expertise in UK/US tax and estate planning’.
‘Astrid Owen - cross border expertise with UK/Europe and US. Thinks outside the box and identifies issues early, from 20,000 feet'.
- 'Simon Gibbs - technical expertise’.
- 'Knowledgeable and efficient. Well spoken, speaks with authority on their areas of expertise, relationships are good'.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Simon Gibb, Nick Holland