Private Client
Taylor Wessing's Private Client practice group provides a high quality international service to private clients, advising on all wealth planning and asset protection matters whatever their scale or scope. Our clients include some of the world's wealthiest families, entrepreneurs, international trust companies and foundations as well as the owners of agricultural and commercial real estate, significant artworks and heritage property.
Our teams in the UK and Germany include experts in all areas of the law that affect the private individual including:
Areas of Expertise
- Art law and heritage property
- Domicile and residence
- Family and matrimonial law
- Family office
- Investment structures
- Private client tax planning
- Property and shareholding structuring
- Real property for private clients
- Trusts, settlements and foundations
- Wills, succession and inheritance
Experienced in advising entrepreneurs and the owners of family businesses, we create innovative solutions to the problems of succession and the seamless transition of ownership on death and retirement. We have expertise in the creation of tax efficient structures for holding established wealth and new assets. We also provide legal advice in relation to marriage, divorce and testamentary matters - whether in circumstances of harmony or dispute.
We are experienced in the legal and fiscal aspects of the establishment and management of family offices and bespoke investment structures. Our specialist knowledge in such areas is complemented by compliance expertise among our corporate partners.
Recognised as a market leader, the Taylor Wessing Private Client practice group offers a unique integrated service. Alongside wealthy individuals, their families and descendants, we include among our client onshore trusts, holding assets worth several hundred million pounds and offshore trusts with assets of several billion US dollars.
The ethos at Taylor Wessing has always been to build a close and lasting relationship with clients. Our private client skills are based upon the historical origins of our practice, the breadth and complexity of the problems we solve on a day to day basis, and the experience of our partners and staff.
We maintain close working relationships with expert advisers and service providers in all recognised low tax and developed jurisdictions.
We use state of the art technology and documentation to create imaginative practical solutions to the problems of wealth and succession.
Finally, we have a clear understanding of our clients' needs to keep all of their costs (including legal costs) to the lowest feasible levels. One of our key objectives is to provide legal services on a cost effective and competitive basis and we are experienced in working to budgets and keeping our clients informed. We are able to agree various methods for the charging of our work, depending upon circumstances, which may include fixed fee arrangements, blended rates and success related fees.