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Alexander Erskine

Alexander Erskine

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Alexander specialises in advising ultra-high net worth individuals and families on crossborder tax and succession planning. He also has a particular focus on transparency issues in an international context.

He advises individuals and professional intermediaries on how to remain compliant and manage their risk, as well as in relation to global mobility and on how to structure wealth holdings and plan for the future. Alexander has a broad international client base of individuals and their families as well as professional trustees in various jurisdictions. Alexander also advises clients in relation to the creation and restructuring of family offices and alternative vehicles for co-investment, including corporates and partnerships.

Alexander's clients know they can rely on him to guide them through complex scenarios and optimise their overall position, including as to tax. He guides clients through difficult tax regularisation and disclosure exercises, as well as creating, administering and reorganising holding structures in a tax efficient and compliant manner, and on relocation and cross-border investment. He also advises private clients on controlling the flow of their information under international transparency rules and private wealth intermediaries on managing their institutional risk.

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Sectors

Private wealth

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CV

Since 2019 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2018 - 2019 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2011 - 2018 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2009 - 2010 Associate, Herbert Smith
2007 - 2009 Trainee Solicitor, Herbert Smith LLP
2009 Admitted as a lawyer, England and Wales
2006 MA Jurisprudence, Christ Church, University of Oxford

Career

Since 2019 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2018 - 2019 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2011 - 2018 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2009 - 2010 Associate, Herbert Smith
2007 - 2009 Trainee Solicitor, Herbert Smith LLP

Education

2009 Admitted as a lawyer, England and Wales
2006 MA Jurisprudence, Christ Church, University of Oxford

Publications

The UK's New Anti-Tax Evasion Regime: Guilty Until Somehow Proven Innocent, WealthBriefing, November 2017
Reserved Power Trusts – Greater Reserve and Less Reservation, Offshore Investment, May 2015, issue 256 
In-house Family Office Lawyers: Whose Privilege Is It Anyway?, Bloomberg Family Office Special Report, June 2014
Expert Advice Q&A – are classic cars about to become subject to capital gains tax?, Spear's online, March 2014
The 'Cancer' of Tax Avoidance and the Prescribed Remedy, Journal of Tax, Trust and Corporate Planning, 2013, Vol 20, No.1

Memberships & Associations

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

Awards

Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2024

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Legal 500 UK 2023

Personal tax, trusts and probate - Ranked: "Alexander (Sasha) Erskine – rising up in profile amongst the Partners – is an excellent example of someone following in Nick Warr’s footsteps. He brings patience, deep knowledge and enthusiasm to his work with clients."

Legal 500 UK 2022

Personal tax, trusts and probate

Experience

Arcadia

Acting on the restructuring and CVA of the Arcadia group (including Top Shop, Top Man and Miss Selfridge).

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