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31 HILL STREET, LONDON, W1J 5LS, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7863 8333
Fax:
Fax 020 7863 8444
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82988 MAYFAIR
Web:
www.forsters.co.uk
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Andrew Lane

Tel:
Work +44 20 7863 8590
Email:
Forsters LLP

Work Department

Landed estates

Position

Recognised as one of the country’s leading landed estate lawyers, with a reputation for providing strategic advice. He acts as an advisor to the owners of many significant landed estates. He is also regularly instructed by clients new to the sector who are buying an estate for the first time. His expertise encompasses rural property, strategy and succession planning and personal taxation, with a particular emphasis on tax structuring for UK and non-UK clients.

Career

Trained Withers LLP; qualified 1993; made partner in present firm 2009. Partner, Withers LLP (1994-2008); partner, Lane Pearson LLP (2008-09); partner, Forsters LLP (2009).

Member

VCT Committee of the CAAV; Agricultural Law Association; Trustee of the Pension Fund of the Royal Agricultural Society of England; committee member CLA, London branch.

Education

Malvern College; Christ’s College, Cambridge; Land Economy BA 1978, MA 1982.

Leisure

Gardening, shooting.

Practice Areas

Agriculture and estates; Private client; Tax - VAT, C&E

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