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Band 5

Private Wealth Law

London (Firms)

3 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Barry Adamson

High Net Worth

Practice Areas

Barry is a private client lawyer with over 30 years’ experience. His practice focuses on advising high net worth individuals and their families how best to arrange their affairs to best protect and organise them for future generations. This often involves advice on tax planning, wills and trusts (including their planning, creation, administration and winding-up). Barry also deals with the administration of substantial estates, often with an international element.

Throughout his career Barry has acted for a wide range of clients including authors, farmers, entrepreneurs, actors, historians, musicians, fashion designers, magazine editors and theatre producers and in relation to a number of landed estates.

Career

Barry qualified as a solicitor in 1989. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2019, he worked at the following firms:

Moore Blatch

Berkeley Law

Maclay Murray & Spens

Shoosmiths

Professional Memberships

Member of the Society for Trust and Estates Practitioners (STEP)

Publications

He has written articles for respected legal journals (including Private Client Business) and the national press.

Experience

Preparing wills for both UK and non-UK resident/domiciled individuals involving private international law analysis and liaising with lawyers from different jurisdictions to ensure the wills are in correct form, validly executed and contain gifts that can be given effect.

Preparing wills for cohabiting couples including those in same sex relationships.

Drafting letters of wishes to be read supplemental to Wills.

Administering multi-jurisdictional estates, (including those comprising assets in America, The Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Argentina, Germany, Australia, South Africa, Monaco, Kenya, Italy, France, Spain, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland, Portugal and The Netherlands, and including preparing applications to reseal foreign grant of representation in England & Wales.

Advising on the inheritance and capital gains tax implications of lifetime gifting.

Dealing with the tax issues involved in estate and trust administration and liaising with foreign lawyers in relation to multi-jurisdictional matters.

Drafting trust deeds, letters of wishes, deeds of appointment and retirement of trustees and protectors, and deeds of appointment and indemnity on final distribution of trust funds; organised transfer of trust property including UK real property to beneficiaries and drafted Land Registry documents.

Drafting enduring and lasting powers of attorney and registering them with the Office of the Public Guardian.

Drafting supplemental letters of wishes.

Liaising with the Office of the Public Guardian on the wording to record suitable preferences and instructions for attorneys.

Advising attorneys on their powers and duties.

Advising trustees on their powers and duties and beneficiaries in connection with their entitlement.

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