Collyer Bristow LLP

Testimonials

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• ‘Communication is excellent, reply to emails promptly. James Austen is kind and thoughtful and very meticulous. All work well researched'.

• ‘Collyer Bristow have a well established team in the personal tax, trust and probate space, and have been particularly successful at bringing on trainees and retaining team members over time'.

• ‘Peter Daniel continues to stand out; a calm demeanour combined with a sharp mind making him an excellent advocate for his clients and trustworthy and knowledgeable source of advice'.

• 'The bottom line is that this team cares deeply for its clients. That is what I have come to appreciate and what makes this firm stand out for me'.

• ‘Collyer Bristow is as solid a pair of hands as you are going to get. I think what distinguishes this firm from others is the high quality of each member of staff. They are all trained and expected to act with utmost attention to detail. This is very much a hallmark of a Collyer Bristow lawyer - an exceptional standard of service, across the board'.

• ‘Daniel Simon is the Senior Partner of the firm and he leads by example. He runs an extremely tight ship and is behind the firm's unrelenting standards on all of its lawyers. Daniel has an ability to draw big clients whilst staying under the radar'.

• ‘The team are efficient, well qualified and attentive. Excellent qualities'.

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Daniel Simon

Collyer Bristow LLP

Senior Partner of Collyer Bristow and a partner in the Tax and estate planning team. Areas of practice include overseas and domestic trusts, wills and estates together with related tax planning, particularly complex, cross-border planning. He regularly advises Swiss based institutions and their clients and helped establish the firm's Geneva office. Daniel leads the advisory service for US clients. He advises beneficiaries, executors and trustees on contested wills and trusts. Also advises charities, from small family trusts to national institutions.  

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Tulin Hamit

Collyer Bristow LLP

Tulin is a partner in our Tax and estate planning team, specialising primarily in international matters and with a focus on supporting wealthy Turkish and Middle Eastern clients. Her work includes advising individuals and families on cross-jurisdictional tax and planning considerations, trust structuring, succession planning, tax planning and complex international probate matters. Tulin also advises privately owned non-UK resident businesses on their corporate restructuring in England and in Turkey, advising on appropriate structures for holding UK property and on the availability of sovereign immunity from tax. She has a particular interest in taxation of international transactions and provides services to Turkish corporate clients wishing to extend their trading activities into English markets.