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Private Client Legal Services
Individuals have very different needs to businesses, both emotionally and practically.
This differentiation has shaped the legal industry and how we do business, to ensure we have specialist private client lawyers responding to your personal plans across multiple areas in the UK and globally, such as tax planning, family and relationship decisions, property and philanthropy.
Our private client lawyers
We have detailed below the specific technical areas we can support you with as an individual, according to the legal framework in which we operate. These may involve succession, tax, family disputes, divorce, or buying and selling properties.
If you relate to any of the following areas, you may also be interested in our broader expertise supporting your businesses, business interests, business property, employees, contractual disputes, amongst others things, which can be found in the links below.
- International Private Wealth
- Investors & Entrepreneurs
- Landed Estates & Heritage Property
- Professionals & Senior Executives
Regime change: The beginning of the end of the remittance basis
We summarise the changes to the “non-dom” regime that are expected from April 2025 and provide analysis of the policy details available so far.
Meet our private client lawyers
The team at Charles Russell Speechlys are very organised, hard-working and able to produce very polished product for the client.
Charles Russell Speechlys have really strong and deep expertise in the field of private client tax.
Charles Russell Speechlys is absolutely first rate in the private client practice, with deep experience and expertise in complex, multi-jurisdictional planning and litigation. All of their partners are impressive, as are their associates.
Charles Russell Speechlys’ private client team, particularly the Guildford office, are one of my key contacts in the UK. I am consistently impressed by their legal expertise, professionalism, and international reach. Their enthusiasm is noteworthy.
Charles Russell Speechlys is absolutely first rate in the private client practice, with deep experience and expertise in complex, multi-jurisdictional planning and litigation. All of their partners are impressive, as are their associates."
Technical leaders in their field of expertise. Technically proficient advice delivered in a highly personable manner."
I am very impressed with Charles Russell Speechlys' ability to tackle complex and challenging technical tax matters. The team demonstrated significant knowledge of the industry sector."
The remittance basis: how did we get here?
The remittance basis is a special tax treatment for UK residents who are not domiciled in the UK and have foreign income and gains. Here we outline how it has changed over time.
Our private client services
Family
We help you plan for the future, for your relationship and your children. Our approach is humane, sophisticated and pragmatic.
Family Investment Companies
Structuring and advising on family investment companies to support intergenerational wealth planning and long-term control.
Immigration
Navigate complex immigration systems with our expert team, offering personalised solutions for individuals and businesses.
International Wealth Structuring
We advise international individuals, and their trustees and advisers, on the establishment and administration of asset holding structures.
Landed Estates, Heritage and Agriculture
For multi-generational families to overseas investors, to those owning country houses, farms, stately homes and urban estates.
Mental Capacity & Court of Protection
For those preparing documents to help protect finances and welfare when you no longer have the capacity to act.
Private Client Property
For those with personal property assets or those looking to purchase them.
Probate and Estate Administration
For executors, trustees and families dealing with probate and estate administration.
Reputation Management
Our team of experienced media dispute specialists is highly attuned to advising private individuals on ‘reputation management’ issues.
Private Wealth Disputes
We provide tailored solutions for all varieties of domestic and international disputes for families and private wealth professionals.
Tax Disputes & Investigations
Handling disputes and investigations for you across all areas of tax.
UK Wealth Structuring
For those wishing to draft a Will to distribute their assets through efficient structures.
Wills and succession planning
Advice on wills, succession planning and the transfer of wealth across generations, helping individuals and families structure their affairs with clarity and confidence.
Our awards
What's important to you is important to us. Let's talk
If you would like to speak to a member of our Private Client team or to find out more about how we work, please get in touch.
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Hannah Catt writes in PrimeResi on the upcoming High-Value Council Tax Surcharge in the UK and why it needs careful design
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Charles Russell Speechlys celebrates US team recognition in Best Lawyers in America® 2027
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Diversification, safe havens and the pivot to Asia for US Family Offices
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Pay Up or We'll Tell All: The High Court's Firm Stance on Blackmail in Privacy Cases
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Family Offices want crypto – but who's helping them get there?
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Succession, governance and the next generation in US Family Offices
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Why the UK-India Trade Deal Matters for Private Capital
Kim Lalli
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Wei Kang comments on China’s new tax rule on offshore trusts in The Straits Times
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A New Era of Wealth and Estate Planning for PRC High-Net-Worth Families
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Private capital, succession planning and cross-border wealth complexity in Asia
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Reaz Jafri quoted in CNBC on EU crackdown on Caribbean "golden passport" programmes
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Charles Russell Speechlys named a ‘Firm to Watch’ by India Business Law Journal
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Simon Ridpath discusses Charles Russell Speechlys' strategic US expansion with Legal Business
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Phillip Colasanto authors article in Tax Notes Federal on strengthening procedural protections for third parties in IRS collections
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Dominic Lawrance comments in MoneyWeek on digital and crypto asset inheritance planning
Dominic Lawrance
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Jonathan Burt is quoted in the Financial Times on Gulf families' approach to succession planning
Jonathan Burt
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MoneyWeek quotes Sarah Rowley on HNWI approaches to philanthropy
Sarah Rowley
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Kevin Lee featured in Hubbis on private capital, succession planning and cross-border wealth complexity
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