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Alasdair Wilson

Alasdair advises individuals, families and fiduciaries based in the UK and overseas in relation to all matters of international taxation, wealth structuring, global compliance and cross-border estate planning. This includes tax and legal advice to wealth generators or custodians who are moving between countries, seeking to maintain tax efficiency across multiple jurisdictions or passing ownership or control to the next generation. Alasdair has significant experience in advising US-UK clients, individual entrepreneurs and family businesses. He also has a particular interest in clients connected to civil law jurisdictions, in particular France, Belgium and Switzerland, as well as to Latin America and the Middle East. Alasdair is a full member of STEP and was named a “Rising Star” in The Legal 500 2024. He previously spent nine months on secondment to a multi-family office headquartered in London. · Harbottle & Lewis LLP

EnglandPrivate Client, International TaxEnglish, French, Spanish, German

About

Alasdair Wilson is a private client adviser at Harbottle & Lewis LLP who advises individuals, families and fiduciaries in the UK and overseas on international taxation, wealth structuring, global compliance and cross-border estate planning. He has significant experience with US–UK clients, entrepreneurs and family businesses, a focus on clients connected to civil law jurisdictions (France, Belgium and Switzerland) and to Latin America and the Middle East; he is a full member of STEP, was named a “Rising Star” in The Legal 500 2024 and spent nine months on secondment to a London multi-family office.

Practice areas

Private ClientInternational TaxWealth StructuringTrusts & ProbateCross-Border PlanningGlobal Compliance

Office

Expertise

US–UK clientsFamily BusinessesEntrepreneursCivil Law Jurisdictions (France, Belgium, Switzerland)Latin AmericaMiddle EastMulti-family office advisory

Education

  • Law degree (England)
  • Law degree, Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne

Languages

EnglishFrenchSpanishGerman