Simon Michaels
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Work Department
Trusts and personal tax – Singapore.
Position
Partner and head of trusts and personal tax planning group in the firm’s Singapore office. Dual-qualified English barrister and solicitor. Focuses on advising prominent high-net-worth international families as well as the institutions that service them, in particular private banks and trust companies. In addition to UK tax, also advises on all issues of succession and estate planning, often with a particular focus on effective and complex trust cross-border trust structuring with integrated tax planning.
Career
Pupillage at 1 Gray’s Inn Square (Geoffrey Veale Scholar, Inner Temple); called to the Bar 2002 (Inner Temple); barrister Holman Fenwick & Willan 2003-05; admitted with higher rights of audience (all courts) 2005; associate Wiggin Osborne Fullerlove 2005-09; senior associate Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow, the member firm of Baker & McKenzie International in Singapore 2009-11; named a ‘Top 35 Under 35’ private client adviser by ‘Private Client Practitioner’ in 2010; partner Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP (Singapore office) 2011.
Education
St Edward’s School, Oxford; University of Manchester (LLB (Hons) – Mier Rivlin Award); Inns of Court School of Law, London (Bar Vocational Course); barrister (non-practising), Inner Temple.
Leisure
Family, member of the Tanglin Club (Singapore), scuba diving and cooking.