Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP

Senior Partner: Clare Maurice

Managing Partner: Emma-Jane Weider

Number of partners: 14

Number of lawyers: 32

Languages: English, French, Russian

Firm Overview:

Maurice Turnor Gardner is a boutique private client law firm of top-tier lawyers based in London. The firm has been offering its services since 1 May 2009 following the demerger of Allen & Overy LLP’s highly-rated Private Client Department.

The team have experience of all the issues which affect wealthy individuals (and their families and trustees) both in the UK and overseas. They seek to understand all the legal, commercial and tax issues affecting their clients and to provide them with principled and practical legal solutions, working in partnership with them as their trusted advisers. Real Estate, Philanthropy and Charities and Immigration practices complement the firm’s traditional strengths in tax and estate planning and disputes relating to wealth.

Main Areas of Practice:

Private Wealth:

10 partners, 22 fee-earners

The team advises on:

■ Estate and succession planning to protect and preserve assets ranging from privately owned companies, real estate and liquid assets to racehorses, yachts, planes and art

■ International clients on pre-arrival planning and on exit strategies

■ Wealthy individuals and trustees on UK taxation, particularly the treatment of non-UK domiciled individuals

■ Trustees and beneficiaries on their powers, duties and rights under all forms of trust structures, both onshore and offshore

Contact: Fiona Poole, Head of Department

Tel: +44 (0)20 7786 8737

Email: [email protected]

Dispute Resolution:

2 partners, 6 fee-earners

The team advises on:

■ Acting for trustees, beneficiaries and members of ultra high net worth families in complex, high-value disputes relating to trusts, estates and divorce, in the UK and offshore

■ Advising across the spectrum of contentious work including trustees seeking to avoid litigation, applications for directions, applications for removal of trustees and claims for breach of trust or fiduciary duty

■ Assisting trustees, family members and others to pre-empt, avoid and where necessary resolve difficulties and disharmony, including family governance/family charters

■ Also advising on commercial/corporate trustees involved in disputes, advising on trustees’ duties and liabilities arising under commercial trusts

Contact: Rupert Ticehurst, Head of Department

Tel: +44 20 7786 8641

Email: [email protected]

Real Estate:

2 partners, 6 fee-earners

The team advises on:

■ High value and complex residential property matters for private clients focussing on high value acquisitions and disposals of prime and super prime residential property (from listed to new build) as well as corporate entities holding high value residential property, often cross-border, involving the sale or purchase of prime residential property in the UK while co-ordinating the sale or purchase of properties in other jurisdictions

■ Leasehold enfranchisement and lease extensions with significant experience in the transactional implications of these matters

Contact: Sarah Conway, Head of Department

Tel: +44 20 7786 8677

Email: [email protected]

Philanthropy & Charity:

5 partners, 13 fee-earners

The team advises on:

■ Creation and funding of charities and the appropriate charitable vehicle, ensuring the fiscal efficiency of the structure and donations, and the benefits of dual-registered charities in an international context

■ Day-to-day management of charities and governance issues, trustee protection and remuneration, the powers, duties and liabilities of trustees and tax issues, additionally providing assistance with the making of grants

■ Trustees’ duties; the regulatory environment within which charities operate; and advising trustees about engagement with the regulators

■ Legal issues for banks and corporates entering into contractual arrangements with charity counterparties, and on CSR programmes and charitable giving

Contact: Jennifer Emms, Head of Department

Tel: +44 (0)20 7786 8653

Email: [email protected]

Immigration:

3 partners, 7 fee-earners

The team advises on:

■ All aspects of the immigration process, from assessing and compiling applications through to obtaining the relevant permissions for clients and their families to come to the UK, obtaining visas for investor and entrepreneur clients under Tier 1 of the points-based system

■ Tier 2 sponsorship licence applications for employers, non-EEA skilled worker visas, business visits, advising on obtaining indefinite leave to remain and British citizenship

■ Residence rights of EEA nationals and their family members

■ Financial institutions on immigration issues relevant to them and their clients

Contact: Colin Senez, Head of Department

Tel: +44 20 7786 8681

Email: [email protected]