Frederick Bjørn

Frederick is a Partner in the Private Client Department He acts for UK and international high net worth individuals, advising on tax issues for non-domiciliaries and cross border migration; the establishment and restructuring of onshore and offshore trusts and Wills and estate planning (including strategic succession planning for family businesses). Frederick’s practice can be divided into three distinct parts: 1) Scandinavian clients – Frederick is well connected within the UK based Scandinavian community and regularly advises clients from the region on their cross border estate planning – in conjunction with various local advisors. 2) UK resident US clients – Frederick works extensively with US lawyers and accountants to optimise estate planning for UK based individuals with US assets and / or other US connections. He is a regular speaker at ‘US/UK’ conferences. 3) Advising on strategic family governance for multi generational, entrepreneurial businesses, both in terms of transfers of wealth and control and asset protection. Frederick has extensive experience in this area and was awarded distinctions in both the STEP Advanced Certificate in Advising Family Business and the STEP Advanced Certificate in Family Business Governance. Frederick was elected to the STEP Business Families Global SIG Steering Committee in 2023. Frederick is a regular speaker at industry conferences and private events on a variety of private client related topics. He has contributed to various publications including: 1) Co-chairing the Thought Leaders 4 Non Dom Conference 2) Speaking at the Though Leaders 4 Webinar "Family Offices: A luxury of a Necessity" 3) Attending as a panellist at Informa's Transatlantic Wealth & Estate Planning 4) Attending as a panellist at Thought Leaders 4 Transatlantic Tax Conference 5) Speaking at Informa's Guernsey and Jersey Private Client Conference · Payne Hicks Beach LLP