Melissa Ellis
Melissa is a Legal Director in the Private Client Department. Melissa advises on a range of tax, trust, estate and succession planning issues, including lifetime giving and tax compliance for high net worth UK and international individuals, families and trustees. She also advises individuals moving to and leaving the UK on tax residence and domicile issues. Melissa regularly advises trustees on structuring and UK tax issues particularly in relation to UK property holding structures and trust distributions to UK resident beneficiaries. · Payne Hicks Beach LLP
About
Legal Director in the Private Client Department at Payne Hicks Beach LLP advising on tax, trust, estate and succession planning for high net worth UK and international individuals, families and trustees, including lifetime giving, tax compliance, residence and domicile matters, and trustee structuring for UK property and distributions to UK resident beneficiaries. She trained at Withers LLP, qualified in October 2012 and joined Payne Hicks Beach in July 2015.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- University of Edinburgh MA Joint Hons (Russian and French)
Admissions
- Qualified (October 2012)