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Turcan Connell

PRINCES EXCHANGE, 1 EARL GREY STREET, EDINBURGH, EH3 9EE, SCOTLAND
Tel:
Work 0131 228 8111
Fax:
Fax 0131 228 8118
DX:
723300 EDINBURGH 43
Web:
www.turcanconnell.com
Email:
St Peter Port, London, Edinburgh

Donald Simpson

Tel:
Work +44 131 228 8111
Email:
Turcan Connell

Work Department

Trusts and tax.

Position

Partner advising UK and international clients on trusts, asset protection and tax planning, including advice on wills, powers of attorney and charitable giving. An important area of his work is inheritance tax and succession planning, notably for entrepreneurs, company directors and family business owners. Alternate director of Saltire Trustees (Overseas) Ltd, Turcan Connell’s Guernsey resident trustee company, and advises on offshore planning for international clients; residence issues for UK clients; commercial trusts including employee benefit trusts and EFRBS.

Career

Trained Turcan Connell; qualified 2000; solicitor 2000-05; associate 1005-08; senior associate 2008-11; partner 2011.

Member

Law Society of Scotland.

Education

Jedburgh Grammar School; University of Edinburgh (1995 BSc Hons); University of Glasgow (1997 LLB; 1998 DipLP).

Practice Areas

Private client; Tax - international

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