England - South East • Private client
Foot Anstey
Headed up by ‘standout performer’ Rachel Brooks, Foot Anstey’s Southampton-based private wealth group specialises in all aspects of tax, contentious trusts, and agriculture matters. The team has considerable expertise in supporting entrepreneurs and high-net-worth-individuals in maximising the potential of tax savings, along with the restructuring of assets. Brooks has 27 years’ experience of assisting agricultural clients and landed estates, with an emphasis on succession planning and passing assets down through the generations, while Douglas Smith has a specific specialism in providing tax advice for both UK and overseas clients. Carol Ward deals with the administration of high-value estates, and Celine Lecomte regularly administers personal injury trusts.
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‘The team are really great at dealing with more complex, high-level matters, and in particular the various complexities of family investment companies. I have always found the team to be very responsive and easy to deal with, and they are really good at understanding clients needs, demonstrating an empathetic approach.’
‘Rachel Brooks is a pleasure to work with, she is very knowledgeable, responsive, caring and pragmatic, which is a combination that makes her my go-to practitioner for private client work.’
'They combine being extremely personable and client friendly with an encyclopaedic knowledge of their subject.'
'Rachel Brooks is a standout performer. She provides top-notch advice to many HNWIs and UHNWIs and is extremely well respected for her knowledge of landed estates.'
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Rachel Brooks