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Withers

Family Offices & Funds Structuring

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Family Offices & Funds Structuring - UK-wide

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Withers advises clients globally on a host of issues. The firm provides counsel to family offices on tax-efficient investments and trust restructuring arrangements.

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Strengths

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  • Withers have various teams who are specialised in various areas, each of who are knowledgeable in their own field.

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  • Withers have excellent sector and geographic coverage, and their partners have deep knowledge and broad networks globally.

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  • Withers are excellent. Their global reach and expertise across jurisdictions is like no other. Their quality and experience is top notch across jurisdictions and they are seamless.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Ceri Vokes
    Ceri Vokes

    Ceri Vokes

    Ceri Vokes is an expert in advising family offices on tax and wealth planning. She often acts on matters both domestically and internationally.

    • Ceri is top notch. She is bright, very personable and responsive, and she always finds time for her clients. She is at the top of her game.

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    • Working with Ceri is a great experience.

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    • Ceri Vokes is both technical and practical. She is my go-to person on all technical issues.

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  • Christopher Groves
    Christopher Groves

    Christopher Groves

    Christopher Groves is sought after by ultra high net worth clients for cross-border structuring matters.

    • Christopher can explain complex and technical issues to clients in a clear and concise manner. He totally inspires confidence.

      Family Offices & Funds Structuring respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Christopher has a very deep understanding of our needs and the necessary deep background to support us. We are very happy working with him.

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  • Claire Harris
    Claire Harris

    Claire Harris

    Claire Harris is head of the European family office team at Withers. She assists family offices with investment structuring, trust structuring, tax optimisation, succession and governance matters.

    • Claire is very efficient and clued-up in her field of work and she is informative and easy to deal with throughout.

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  • Natasha Oakshett
    Natasha Oakshett

    Natasha Oakshett

    Natasha Oakshett is an expert on tax and corporate structuring for estate and succession planning purposes. Oakshett is praised for her technical ability in complex matters and for strong commercial awareness and understanding of family offices' requirements.

    • Natasha Oakshett is absolutely amazing! She's very down-to-earth, incredibly technical, cares a huge amount about her clients and has a really lovely way about her to make clients feel at ease.

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    • Natasha stands out for consistently high service levels, strong technical proficiency and clear commercial awareness. She understands our business well, responds thoughtfully to complex issues and provides pragmatic guidance that aligns seamlessly with how we operate. Her combination of expertise, responsiveness and commercial judgement makes her a highly valued point of contact.

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    • Natasha Oakshett has been brilliant at communicating across the various teams and workstreams we have had to manage.

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