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Edwin Coe LLP
2 STONE BUILDINGS
LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3TH
England
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David Goepel

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Work Department

Private Client & Charities and Non-profit

Position

David joined the Private Client department of Edwin Coe as a partner in January 2009 from Withers LLP, where he qualified as a solicitor in 2000. He heads Edwin Coe’s Charity Group and acts for a wide range of private clients, including high-net-worth individuals and trustees and deals with a broad range of private client trust and tax work, both onshore and offshore. Much of David’s time is spent in advising private clients on cross-border issues, including the co-ordination of advice in a number of different jurisdictions.

David is particularly interested in the field of charities and philanthropy. He has advised a number of UK charities both national and local on a variety of legal issues, including the powers and duties of charity trustees, tax issues affecting charities and dealings with the Charity Commission and other regulators. David also has extensive experience of advising charitable donors, often in a cross-border context, in establishing and registering family charitable foundations and facilitating cross-border charitable gifts tax efficiently. He also works with colleagues in other practice areas across the firm to meet the full range of legal services which charities require.

Career

Trained Withers LLP; qualified 2000. Partner at Edwin Coe LLP, 2009. Contributor to ‘McCutcheon on inheritance tax’, joint editor of charities chapter in Tottel’s ‘Revenue Law’.

Memberships

  • The Law Society
  • Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners
  • Charity Law Association
  • Editorial Board of “The Journal of International Tax, Trust and Corporate Planning”

Education

City of London School; Christ College Cambridge, (1996 BA (Hons) History).

Leisure

Tennis, squash, golf.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit

Spearheaded by David Goepel, Edwin Coe LLP has a cross-departmental charities offering. It frequently draws upon the expertise of its property, litigation, intellectual property, corporate, and employment departments to assist its charity and philanthropy clients. Alison Broadberry is also recognised for her work with high-net-worth UK and non-UK domiciled clients on a wide range of philanthropic, tax, and estate planning matters.

London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate

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David Goepel – Edwin Coe LLP

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.

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