Ed Powles

Ed is a partner and advises on a range of private client and commercial trusts work. He works with financial institutions, private clients, family offices, trustees and beneficiaries on complex UK and international trust law issues, personal taxation, and estate planning. Ed has considerable experience in complex trust law issues, including drafting bespoke family and commercial trusts for a range of clients. He also advises UK and international individuals on UK personal tax, including residence, domicile, the remittance basis, pre-arrival planning and inheritance tax. He advises charity trustees, those who transact with charities and donors on charity law and philanthropy, including the establishment, governance and taxation of charities. He also has a particular interest in the law relating to art and cultural property, and has led the firm's Art and Heritage Property team since 2019. Ed is ranked as a leading lawyer by the 2020 Chambers & Partners (High Net Worth) guide, and is also ranked by the Legal 500 directory. He is a co-editor of Trust Law Quarterly. · Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP

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Partner at Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP advising financial institutions, private clients, family offices, trustees and beneficiaries on private client and commercial trusts, UK personal taxation, estate planning, charity law and art/cultural property. Co-editor of Trust Law Quarterly and ranked in Chambers & Partners (High Net Worth) 2020 and the Legal 500.

Practice areas

Private ClientTrustsTaxEstate PlanningCharity LawArt & Cultural Property

Office

England

Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP · Ed is a partner and advises on a range of private client and commercial trusts work. He works with financial institutions, private clients, family offices, trustees and beneficiaries on complex UK and international trust law issues, personal taxation, and estate planning. Ed has considerable experience in complex trust law issues, including drafting bespoke family and commercial trusts for a range of clients. He also advises UK and international individuals on UK personal tax, including residence, domicile, the remittance basis, pre-arrival planning and inheritance tax. He advises charity trustees, those who transact with charities and donors on charity law and philanthropy, including the establishment, governance and taxation of charities. He also has a particular interest in the law relating to art and cultural property, and has led the firm's Art and Heritage Property team since 2019. Ed is ranked as a leading lawyer by the 2020 Chambers & Partners (High Net Worth) guide, and is also ranked by the Legal 500 directory. He is a co-editor of Trust Law Quarterly.

England

Expertise

Trust drafting and complex trust lawUK personal tax: residence, domicile, remittance basis, pre-arrival planning, inheritance taxCharity governance, establishment and taxationArt and heritage property lawAdvising family offices, financial institutions, trustees and beneficiaries

Education

Cambridge University, MA (2000)
Cambridge University, LLM (2001)

Admissions

Solicitor, England & Wales (qualified September 2005)