Matthew Barnett > Edwin Coe LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
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Matthew Barnett
Work Department
Private Client
Position
Matthew joined the Private Client team as a Partner in 2019 from Harbottle & Lewis.
Matthew acts for high-net-worth individuals on a wide range of estate and succession planning issues. He has extensive experience in advising high-net-worth clients on lifetime gifting and on the use of wills and trusts for the protection of wealth for future generations. He regularly advises trustees on their duties, responsibilities and specific aspects of tax and trust planning. Matthew also advises business owners and entrepreneurs on business succession planning.
Matthew has vast experience in probate and estate administration and has dealt with many high value, complex and multi-jurisdictional estates throughout his career. He often advises beneficiaries of estates on succession planning involving post-death variations.
Matthew also has particular experience in advising clients on mental capacity issues such as Lasting Powers of Attorney and Deputyship applications to the Court of Protection.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
(Leading partners)Edwin Coe LLP ‘give their clients not just the perfect professional service, but the perfect personal service too’. Praised for its ‘extraordinarily high level of technical proficiency’, the group has strong relationships with various leading wealth management organisations in the UK and internationally. It is increasingly advising on high-value, complex and cross-jurisdictional estates, both during lifetime and after death. In addition, it works alongside its corporate team to advise business owners, entrepreneurs, and senior executives on various tax, succession planning, and wealth issues. Alison Broadberry and David Goepel are both highly recommended. Matthew Barnett is particularly experienced in advising on the protection of wealth for future generations.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Personal tax, trusts and probate London > Private client
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Firm Rankings
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Real estate > Residential property
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Employment > Senior executives
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration