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Nicola Allison

Senior Associate

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Key Lawyer: “Nicola Allison is an excellent associate who is very good with clients”.

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Nicola is a Senior Associate specialising in non-contentious Private Client work. She advises UHNW individuals, family offices and trustees on a variety of issues relating to family governance, personal tax, wealth planning, estate planning and cross-border taxation.

Nicola regularly advises clients on all aspects of complex international wealth-holding structures.  This may be in relation to the set-up of new structures on an exit event or for succession purposes, or as and when the tax landscape or family needs change and a re-organisation is desirable.  

Nicola has experience working with a wide range of jurisdictions, although with a particular focus on structures with assets, beneficiaries or trustees based in the US, Middle East, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.  

She is also able to advise on establishing charities and family foundations and cross-border giving.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Private client
Family governance
Global mobility
Trusts (contentious and non-contentious) and foundations
Wills and succession planning
Private investment & family owned businesses
Private client tax

Sectors

Private wealth

CV

Since 2021 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2014 - 2021 Associate, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
2012 - 2014 Trainee, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
2019 Qualified as a Trusts and Estates Practitioner
2014 Admitted as a lawyer, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
2011 LPC, College of Law
2010 GDL, BPP
2009 MA (Hons), University of St Andrews

Career

Since 2021 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2014 - 2021 Associate, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
2012 - 2014 Trainee, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Education

2019 Qualified as a Trusts and Estates Practitioner
2014 Admitted as a lawyer, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
2011 LPC, College of Law
2010 GDL, BPP
2009 MA (Hons), University of St Andrews

Memberships & Associations

Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioner (STEP)

Awards

Legal500 2021

Featured

Key Lawyer: “Nicola Allison is an excellent associate who is very good with clients”.

Experience

Advising a UHNW Middle Eastern family

On the structuring of a complex multi-generational governance and wealth vehicle for an UHNW Middle Eastern family involving the coordination of advice from across 40 different jurisdictions.

Nicola Allison

Advising on the restructuring of extensive dual resident UK-US family trusts

On the restructuring of extensive dual resident UK-US family trusts for the benefit of second and third generation family members, including substantial annual and ongoing reporting to family members.

Nicola Allison

Advising on an evaluation of an UHNW Middle Eastern family's complex corporate asset holding arrangements

The structure involved joint BVI shareholdings in various group companies and complex share class rights and 'Founder Director' provisions.

Nicola Allison

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