Wiggin Osborne Fullerlove — England

Edward Hall

Partner. Specialisms include: advising high net worth individuals and families and their trustees on the creation and fortification of trust vehicles and other succession planning structures, for asset protection and wealth preservation reasons; advising UK domiciled clients on wills, trusts, personal taxation and general estate and succession planning; advising non-UK clients on residence, domicile and remittance basis of taxation matters and on the tax implications of UK property ownership and investment. · Private Client

Genevieve Millington-Morrall

Genevieve is a private wealth lawyer who specialises in advising high net worth individuals and families in relation to their tax, trust and succession planning. Genevieve worked in Switzerland for a number of years and the majority of her work has an international element. She has particular expertise in tax planning for internationally mobile clients with complex and varied wealth holding structures. Genevieve also works with trustees advising them on the establishment and management of trusts and other asset holding structures. Genevieve achieved distinction in STEP’s Advanced Certificate in UK Tax for International Clients. In 2022 she was included amongst ePrivateClient’s “Top 35 under 35” professional advisers in the private wealth industry. · Private Wealth

Hannah Hughes

Hannah is a private client lawyer who specialises in advising internationally mobile high-net-worth clients on a broad range of issues. She has particular expertise in tax planning for UK-resident but non-UK domiciled individuals and their families, including in relation to the establishment and taxation of trusts, remittance planning and associated issues, estates and succession planning and advising on the steps non-UK resident individuals should take prior to becoming UK resident to ensure tax efficiency. More recently, Hannah has advised extensively on the reforms to the taxation of non-UK domiciled individuals both for clients who wish to retain their connections to the UK and for those planning to leave the UK as a result of the reforms. Hannah’s commercial and pragmatic approach as well as her ability to adapt quickly to a changing environment has been invaluable to clients affected by these recent reforms. Hannah works with a broad range of clients, often across generations, and finds it rewarding to offer solutions to complex problems. In 2019, shortlisted (and ‘Silver’ winner) of Citywealth’s “Future Leaders” ‘Senior Associate of the Year’ Award, and included in Citywealth's 2019 list of “Future Leaders” in the private wealth industry. · Private Client

Matthew Cain

Partner. Specialisms include: international tax-based investment structuring for high-net-worth individuals, utilising trusts, partnerships, corporate entities, hybrid entities, life insurance and collective investment schemes. · Private Client

Matthew Shayle

Partner. Specialisms include; advising non-UK domiciled individuals on UK taxes as well as creating succession-focussed structures for international clients; assisting with HMRC tax enquiries and processes; advising UK and non-UK trustees and other trust parties on all areas of trust law and administration; advising on corporate and indirect taxes as they affect private wealth structures; advising on compliance matters relevant to private clients and private wealth service providers. · International Private Client

Michael Cotlick

Partner. Specialises in dispute resolution, complex commercial litigation/arbitration, coordinating different sets of proceedings (civil and criminal) involving same and/or related clients/entities in England and in other jurisdictions. Further specialisms in dealing with the legal aspects of asset management and asset protection, setting up and maintaining sophisticated business structures in European and off-shore jurisdictions. Extensive family office structuring and governance experience. · Litigation

Paul Hunston

Partner specialising in tax and trust work for high net worth individuals and their families, including both UK and international clients. Paul also has substantial experience of, and advises on, international tax structuring for corporations, other business entities and their owners and investors. · Private Client

Rose Chamberlayne

Rose is a trusted adviser to a number of high profile business families. She specialises in working with these families and their advisers to create bespoke wealth preservation structures which will withstand external attacks. She is particularly experienced in family governance, asset protection and defensive structuring. Rose also sets up and advises on family office structures and has considerable experience in drafting family constitutions. Recent examples of Rose’s work include: Creating a dynastic trust structure for a Middle Eastern business family which incorporated best practice governance principles at all levels of the structure. Rose designed the Bahamas Executive Entity, which was enshrined in legislation in 2012, to hold the shares of the private trust company and act as the supervisory body of this structure. Rose also advised on a family office and overarching family constitution. The level of governance included in this structure helped to improve the credit rating of the underlying business. Creating family governance structures for families in the UK, Switzerland and further afield in Asia and Latin America. Carrying out a risk review of several complex trust structures set up by Russian business associates, which highlighted areas of potential vulnerability and recommended both immediate and longer term fortifications to the structures. Creating Family Limited Partnership and Executive Entity platforms for a global private bank. Drafting a Global Services Agreement for a private bank. Working with a London based single family office to create a binding family constitution for its family members. · Private Client

Stephen Green

Partner dealing with trust, taxation and commercial law. · Private Client

Stephen Pallister

Stephen specialises in tax and trust work for high-net-worth individuals and their families, especially entrepreneurs and clients with substantial business interests. Acts for both UK and internationally based clients. Works on all kinds of UK and offshore trust matters. Stephen is also a well-known charities lawyer and acts for many charities and not-for-profit bodies on a wide range of legal issues. · Private Client

Tim Osborne

Senior partner. · Commercial