Frederick Bjørn

Practice Areas

Frederick acts for UK and international high net worth individuals, advising on tax issues for non-domiciliaries and cross border migration; the establishment and restructuring of onshore and offshore trusts and Wills and estate planning (including strategic succession planning for family businesses).

A core focus of Frederick’s practice is advising on focus is increasingly on family governance for multi generational, entrepreneurial businesses, both in terms of transfers of wealth and control and asset protection. He has extensive experience in this area and was awarded distinctions in both the STEP Advanced Certificate in Advising Family Business and the STEP Advanced Certificate in Family Business Governance.

Frederick was elected to the STEP Business Families Global SIG Steering Committee in 2023.

Frederick’s offshore work focuses on clients with Scandinavian and US links, and is well connected within those communities.

Frederick is a regular speaker at industry conferences and has contributed to various publications.

Career

Slaughter and May 2006-2010; Payne Hicks Beach 2010, partner 2015.

Professional Memberships

STEP

Personal

Winchester College(1995-2000);

Kings College London (2000-2003).