Private Client Expert Rupert Ticehurst to join BLP

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has recruited one of the UK’s leading private client experts, Rupert Ticehurst, to its Trusts and Personal Tax team.

Rupert has been a partner at Herbert Smith since 2005 and headed its Private Wealth and Charities practice. He specialises in tax and trusts, particularly legal disputes for families, individuals and charities, with clients based in both the UK and overseas. He is a regular keynote speaker at major industry events and was also voted one of City Wire’s ‘Top 10 Lawyers Wealth Managers Need to Know in 2010’.

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http://www.blplaw.com/index.cfm/Press_Releases_Articles/1408/element/88044

Target appoint Rachel Sestini as Head of Private Client, Bath

Rachel joins from Coutts & Co. in London where she was a senior advisor in their Offshore Tax team, managing a portfolio of ultra wealthy non-dom clients. Rachel will lead Target's already significant Private Client offering in the West of England, providing advice on the full range of personal tax issues effecting entrepreneurial HNWIs, as well as developing new client relationships.

Coutts Private Office hires Maeve Colley-Russell

Coutts Private Office has hired Maeve Colley-Russell as Senior Client Partner
With over 20 years' experience, Maeve joins Coutts Private Office from Barclays Wealth and will oversee the affairs of ultra HNWIs with assets exceeding £30m.

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http://www.coutts.com/news-and-insights/press-releases/2011/coutts-private-office-appointment-/?goback=%2Egmp_2301341%2Egde_2301341_member_42065550

Boodle Hatfield hires Penningtons private client star Mark Lindley

Private client law firm Boodle Hatfield has strengthened its award winning contentious private client team with the appointment of solicitor Mark Lindley.

Mark joined the firm on 4 January from Penningtons and specialises in advising clients on contentious matters including disputes between trustees, beneficiaries, challenges to the validity of wills, professional negligence and disputed applications in the Court of Protection. Mark was also named as one the country’s top 35 private client solicitors under the age of 35 by Private Client Practitioner magazine in 2010.

http://www.boodlehatfield.com/default.asp?sID=1296149259622&goback=%2Egmp_2301341%2Egde_2301341_member_41850254

Aussie Flood Tax

Australian's earning more than 50,000 Aus Dollars face a new flood tax aimed at helping to pay for the recent devastation.
The new tax will charge an extra 0.5% on those earning A$50,000-A$100,000 and 1% more on those earning more than A$100,000.

It is expected to raise about A$1.8bn.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12294834?goback=%252Egmp_2301341%252Egde_2301341_member_41678322

Smith & Williamson Promotions

Joss Dalrymple and Geoff Everett have been appointed as National Head of Private Client Tax Services (PCTS) and London Head of PCTS respectively.

The new national role is to ensure that the firm continues to provide its hallmark superior standards of private client service and good co-ordination across PCTS teams in Smith & Williamson’s London, Guildford, Bristol and Salisbury offices.

“My role is to ensure good communication between offices and teams about best ideas and practices and to help develop our rising stars,” says Joss, who oversees the firm’s services focused on landed estates, high net worth individuals, non-UK domiciled individuals and the firm’s co-ordinated family office offering. “In the immediate future, our focus is on helping our clients through these challenging times and continuing to meet their needs.”
Joss’s new role mirrors Tim Lyford’s appointment as head of Corporate Tax, reflecting the growth of both sides of the business and the need for dedicated department leadership.

Geoff Everett takes over from Joss as head of the 75-strong private client tax team in London. “It’s a great honour to lead such professional and capable people,” says Geoff. “With HMRC’s ever closer scrutiny of taxpayers’ finances, we can expect more rigorous challenges from HMRC in the future, particularly for those clients with offshore interests.”

Geoff leads a London team that acts for a broad range of clients providing tax advisory, compliance and family office services to UK and foreign based private clients and professional practices.

“Everyone has worked very hard through the recession and the challenge now is to find the energy to drive the business forward and face the challenges of the future,” explains Geoff. “Our goal is to retain our core values while providing excellent client service.”
Earlier this year, Smith & Williamson won the title of Best High Net Worth Team and shortlisted for Best Tax Team of the Year at the LexisNexis Taxation Awards.