Private Wealth Law - London (Firms)
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What the Team is Known For
Fladgate advises high net worth clients on issues relating to taxation, trusts, estate planning, structuring and investments.

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Fladgate’s private wealth team specialises in advising on all aspects of wealth structuring and wealth transfer. We support high net worth individuals and families, both in the UK and internationally, in identifying and then implementing the arrangements that best suit their individual needs.
Our team helps our clients to manage and protect their privately held wealth. Typically this takes the form of planning during their lifetime and also planning to take effect after their death. We provide bespoke solutions across the full range of private wealth issues, including complex tax issues, succession, asset protection and private wealth management.
Our clients include some of the wealthiest families in the UK and across the globe including over 80 family offices as well as entrepreneurs, where an understanding of how business interacts with a client’s private wealth and objectives is required.
We are well placed to assist individuals who, through their wealth or family connections, have links to the UK or who are moving to or from the UK and need advice on immigration (including investor and entrepreneur visas), family, and matrimonial matters.
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Fladgate advises high net worth clients on issues relating to taxation, trusts, estate planning, structuring and investments.
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The partners at the firm are personable, bright, commercially focused and really know what their clients want. They work seamlessly with their team members across the firm and are friendly, approachable and technically great.
The team at Fladgate are distinguished by their original thinking, depth of relationships with clients and breadth of technical knowledge.
Everyone there is a powerhouse. Fladgate has the strength and depth to handle high-level cases.
Fladgate's strengths are its size, expertise and the knowledge the team has in dealing with complex and high-value matters. The team are also distinguished by their ability to work across departments, including the dispute and family law teams.
Fladgate has a great team. They are very joined up and have a breadth of experience in all private wealth matters.
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Emily Osborne has expertise in trusts, succession and family governance, and cross-border tax. She has a particular focus on the Middle East.
Emily holds the absolute trust and confidence of the most complex clients.
Emily is a fantastic lawyer who is very personable and knowledgeable.
Jonathan Riley advises his clients on private wealth matters including estate and succession planning, as well as trusts and tax compliance.
Jonathan Riley is a real powerhouse.
Jonathan Riley is very technical and very responsive, and I really enjoy working with him.
Jonathan Riley is excellent all round.
Ekaterina Vagner advises high net worth clients on a broad range of matters in private wealth, including family offices, trusts and succession planning. She is a native Russian speaker and noted for her work with Russian-speaking clients.
I would rate Katya extremely highly. She has her clients' best interests at heart and delivers quality advice.
I love working with Katya. She is fun, client-focused and technically strong.
Katya is always a pleasure to deal with – she is very approachable, kind and considerate, while also being an exceptionally good lawyer.
Katya is an amazing lawyer who is extremely knowledgeable and works very well on complex matters. Clients love her and she is a super-safe pair of hands on multi-jurisdictional issues.
Katya Vagner is excellent, and clients seem to really like her. She is very prompt, technical and lovely to work with.
Helena Luckhurst advises her clients on a range of different matters in private wealth, covering succession planning, wealth structuring and estate administration.
Helena Luckhurst is amazing. She is a very well-established figure, especially for international clients.
Helena is a brilliant lawyer who has years of great expertise and experience.
Helen Cox advises on cross-border tax planning, asset structuring and business succession matters for high net worth clients.
Helen Cox is good on complex matters and delivers with confidence.
Helen is the best tax lawyer I have met.
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