INDIVIDUAL PROFILE

Tom Hewitt

High Net Worth 2026

Burges Salmon LLP

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Private Wealth Law

Bristol and surrounds

8 years ranked

Landed Estates

UK-wide

1 year ranked

About

Provided by Burges Salmon LLP

High Net Worth

Practice Areas

Tom is very experienced in advising landowners, families and trustees on capital taxes, succession planning, Wills, trusts, heritage exemption and trading structures.

Before becoming a lawyer he was a land agent. He sits on the national taxation committee of the CLA and is a member of Professional Advisors to the International Art Market.

He regularly speaks on tax and succession matters relevant to wealthy families.

Career

Land agent with Savills 1988-92; self-employment consultant land agent 1993; trained at Burges Salmon, qualified 1997; partner since 2004.

Professional Memberships

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS); PAIAM (Professional Advisors to the international Art Market); CLA (Country Land and Business Organisation).

Publications

Co-author of ‘Taxation of Milk Quota’; contributing author to The Pink Book: the Burges Salmon Guide for Landowners and Farmers.

Experience

- Trustees: Advising trustees on the momentous decision to appoint potential development land to adult beneficiaries.

- Landed estate: Guiding family and executors through the probate process and the succession issues that resulted.

- Heritage chattels: Advising a family on the Acceptance in Lieu procedure to settle IHT leading to a painting being accepted by a London museum.

- Farming partnership: Agreeing terms and documenting a farming partnership as part of business succession planning.

- Wills and trusts: Implementing a complex arrangement of Will and trusts for an elderly landowner including obtaining HMRC BPR clearance.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers High Net Worth

Private Wealth Law - Bristol and surrounds

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Tom Hewitt advises on a range of trust and estate issues, including international matters.

Learn more about this team View ranking table

Landed Estates - UK-wide

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Tom Hewitt heads the landed estates team at Burges Salmon. He offers private client advice to landed estate owners and is well regarded in the area for his work.

Learn more about this team View ranking table

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Tom provides great insight, is hugely experienced and brings some great perspectives at critical moments.
Private Wealth LawChambers High Net Worth
Tom has a great depth of knowledge and experience. He has a calm and reassuring professional demeanour.
Private Wealth LawChambers High Net Worth
Tom's knowledge of how our business works is a complete goldmine. His longevity in the industry, simplification of complex law and immense knowledge of companies and trusts makes him invaluable.
Landed EstatesChambers High Net Worth
Tom is exceptionally good. He is truly phenomenal and incredibly sensible in his work.
Landed EstatesChambers High Net Worth