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Patrick Harney

Patrick is a Partner in Mishcon Private. A market leading international private client lawyer who has worked in Dublin, London and New York, Patrick specialises in cross border tax advice with a particular focus on US-UK and UK-Irish tax, trust and estate planning and UK resident non-domiciled tax planning. His wide range of clients include high profile individuals, family offices and hedge funds spanning the UK and Ireland, the US and Latin America. He has a particular expertise in the use of family partnerships and family investment companies as a tax efficient wealth holding vehicle. Patrick has been consistently ranked by the private wealth industry and professional directories as a leading expert in tax law. He is a Chartered Tax Adviser, an International Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (“ACTEC”) and in November 2019 he was admitted as an Academician of The International Academy of Estate and Trust Lawyers. He is a STEP member and lectures on International Estate Planning at the STEP/Irish Law Society Diploma Course on Trust and Estate Planning. · Mishcon de Reya LLP

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About

Patrick Harney is a Partner in Mishcon Private at Mishcon de Reya LLP and a market-leading international private client lawyer who has worked in Dublin, London and New York. He specialises in cross-border tax advice—particularly US‑UK and UK‑Irish tax—trusts and estate planning and UK resident non-domiciled tax planning, advising high-profile individuals, family offices and hedge funds and advising on wealth‑holding structures such as family partnerships and family investment companies; he is a Chartered Tax Adviser, an International Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) and in November 2019 was admitted as an Academician of The International Academy of Estate and Trust Lawyers, and he lectures on International Estate Planning for the STEP/Irish Law Society Diploma Course.

Practice areas

Private ClientTaxInternational TaxTrusts & EstatesProbate

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Expertise

US-UK taxUK-Ireland taxUK resident non-domiciled tax planningFamily partnershipsFamily investment companiesHigh-net-worth individualsFamily officesHedge funds

Admissions

  • Chartered Tax Adviser
  • International Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC)
  • Academician, The International Academy of Estate and Trust Lawyers (admitted November 2019)