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Russell-Cooke LLP

2 PUTNEY HILL, LONDON, SW15 6AB
Tel:
Work 020 8789 9111
Fax:
Fax 020 8788 1656
DX:
59456 PUTNEY
Web:
www.russell-cooke.co.uk
Email:

Richard M Frimston

Tel:
Work +44 20 8394 6210
Email:
Russell-Cooke LLP

Work Department

Private client department.

Position

Head of private client department; responsible for managing a substantial staff dealing with wills, probate, Court of Protection and trust matters non-contentious and contentious; particular expertise in multi-jurisdictional estates specifically with France; notary public; Law Society representative to the European Committee of the Union Internationale du Notariat (UIN-CAE); member of the EU Commission group of experts PRM-III/IV and PRM III considering the green papers on succession and wills (SEC (2005) 270) and matrimonial property regimes (SEC (2006) 952).

Career

Career: Trained Russell-Cooke; qualified 1979; partner 1982.

Languages

Languages: German.

Member

Member: STEP; ACTAPS; BIICL; TIAETL; chair STEP Cross-Border Estates Group; Law Society International Issues Committee; EU Commission Experts Group: PRM – III/IV and PRM III.

Education

Education: Calday Grange Grammar School, Wirral; Imperial College, London (1975 BSc, ARCS).

Leisure

Leisure: Opera, piano, member Hurlingham club, Chelsea FC.

Practice Areas

Contentious trusts and probate; Private client; Tax - international

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