Liz Palmer > Howard Kennedy LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Howard Kennedy LLP Offices
NO.1 LONDON BRIDGE
LONDON
SE1 9BG
England
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Liz Palmer
Work Department
Private Client.
Position
Liz Palmer provides clients with comprehensive, commercial, and tax-driven private wealth planning advice to achieve succession without dispute. She leads the Private Wealth sector and Private Client and Family teams.
Liz advises wealthy families, entrepreneurs, and property investors on inheritance tax mitigation and the effective devolution of family wealth.
She has particular expertise acting for non-UK resident/domiciled individuals and specialises in the creation of off shore trusts and complex asset structuring for high-net-worth individuals.
Her practice regularly involves cross-border succession planning for international clients who have personal and business assets all over the world. Her expertise extends to dealing with complexities of digital estates.
Liz deals with all forms of inheritance tax and capital gains tax planning and also advises on wills and estate planning particularly for clients with interests and connections with the US.
She has significant experience advising clients about succession, protection of family businesses and devising family governance.
Liz is a solicitor and chartered tax adviser (member of Chartered Institute of Taxation).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Led by Liz Palmer, the team at Howard Kennedy LLP is ‘filled with technically excellent lawyers who strive to provide great advice to their clients for reasonable prices’. It advises many wealthy families, entrepreneurs, property owners and artists/performers on how to manage family wealth across the generations. Simon Malkiel continues to act for a growing and diverse client base of UK and international wealthy clients. John Annetts regularly deals with a wide range of high value and complex estates ranging in value from £2m to £350m, many of which are multi-jurisdictional. Reshmi Manekporia is recognised for her expertise in Sharia-based wealth planning. Zahra Kanani is another known name in this space. Melissa Doorman departed in November 2022.
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Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Real estate > Residential property
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Real estate > Planning
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Real estate > Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency