Josh Eaton - Taylor Wessing

Dubai Middle East

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Josh is a senior associate in the Private Wealth group. Josh is based in Dubai having previously been based in London.

He advises on a wide range of private client matters, including UK tax planning, UK tax enquiries, succession and estate planning, private family companies, DIFC and ADGM foundations, DIFC/ ADGM and international trusts, and family office structuring.

He advises high-net-worth individuals and their families. He also advises fiduciaries and family offices. Josh has particular expertise in advising clients from, or with connections to, the Middle East. He has developed a strong practice in the region advising clients on local and international asset holding structures, UK tax planning on relocation to and from the region and on structuring the acquisition of UK and UAE real estate, alongside various other Private Wealth advice matters.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Private client

Environmental, social & governance (ESG)

Tax, tax risk and tax planning

Sectors

Private wealth

CV

Since 2022 Senior associate, Taylor Wessing

2020 - 2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2018 - 2020 Associate, Mills & Reeve

Career

Since 2022 Senior associate, Taylor Wessing

2020 - 2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2018 - 2020 Associate, Mills & Reeve

Education

2015 Legal Practice Course

2013 Law LLB (Dunelm) Durham University

Memberships & Associations

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)

Experience

Non-UK individuals considering moving to the UK

Non-UK individuals considering moving to the UK on pre-arrival planning and the tax implications of becoming UK tax resident.

Non-UK resident trustees

Non-UK resident trustees on the administration, re-structuring and ongoing issues in relation to a group of non-UK resident family trusts.

UK families

UK families on the constitution and structure of private family companies.

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Private wealth

DIFC/ADGM foundations: US estate tax issues with Sharia compliant structures

19 September 2024

by Rachel Davison and Josh Eaton

Private wealth

UK budget 2024 - What does this mean for clients in the Middle East?

7 March 2024

Quick read

by Ronald Graham and Josh Eaton

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Family governance

What are trusts and foundations?

1 June 2023

Quick read

by multiple authors

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