Rosamond McDowell

Rosamond is a partner and heads up Payne Hicks Beach's substantial and energetic Private Client team that continues to go from strength to strength.

Rosamond specialises in tax and estate planning advice for individual private clients, families and trustees, onshore and offshore. Speaking various languages, and with experience of living abroad, Rosamond is able to assist clients with international backgrounds and assets in navigating conflicting laws of various jurisdictions.

Rosamond helps families to plan, advising on estate and capital taxes, inheritance matters, wills, trusts and other financial structures and associated issues. Mental capacity is critical to estate planning matters, and Rosamond advises on Lasting Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection applications. Difficulties can arise from maladministration of probates or breaches of trust, fiduciary or investment obligations, or when the laws of various jurisdictions internationally conflict. Rosamond can advise beneficiaries in these circumstances and is also experienced at defending executors and trustees who are subject to complaints from aggrieved beneficiaries. Rosamond provides bespoke advice for both UK-domiciled and non-UK domiciled (non-dom / non-doms) individuals.

Rosamond also advises executors, trustees and beneficiaries where difficulties and disputes arise, and has experience of acting as an independent trustee and administrator.

Qualified 1998; Biddle/Pinsents 1998-2004; Collyer Bristow 2004-14 (Partner 2007); joined Payne Hicks Beach in 2014 as a Partner and appointed Head of the Private Client in 2019

Law Society Private Client Section

ACTAPSL

Married, 2 children, ordained Anglican Priest.

MA Cantab (Clare College)