People

Piers is a partner in private client and has oversight of the trust administration group. Before becoming a partner, Piers spent six months on secondment to the trusts department of a leading Bermuda law firm.

He specialises in succession, tax and estate planning advice for individuals and their families as well as related advice to trustees and other private client service providers, such as family offices. In addition to UK-based clients, much of his work has an international element, including structuring multi-jurisdictional estates, using trusts in civil law countries and advising non-UK trustees on tax and fiduciary matters. He has experience in UK pre-entry planning for non-domiciliaries, remittance basis advice and the implementation of wills and associated mechanisms on arrival, both for entrepreneurs and for other high-net-worth individuals.

Professional memberships

• STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners)
• The Law Society of England and Wales