Alex Ruffel > Irwin Mitchell > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Irwin Mitchell Offices
40 HOLBORN VIADUCT
LONDON
EC1N 2PZ
England
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Alex Ruffel
Work Department
Tax, trust and estate
Position
Partner
Career
Alex is a partner in our London Tax, Trusts & Estates team. Her areas of expertise include advising high-net-worth individuals, families, their companies and trustees.
Alex advises on complex situations such as cross-border tax-planning, estate-planning, trust structuring and also immigration. This includes assisting her clients to structure personal investments and interests tax-efficiently and planning for their successful transmission to the next generation.
Alex acts for non-UK nationals and non-UK domiciliaries and those who wish to relocate to or exit from the UK.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
(Leading partners)The practice at Irwin Mitchell ‘is extremely responsive, approachable and technically astute’. With Alex Ruffel at the helm, its primary experience is in international private client work. It acts for family offices, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families. In addition, it has developed its charity and philanthropy practice through the recruitment of Matthew Briggs from The Burnside Partnership in June 2023. The group is also continuing to grow its Sharia practice which is led by Yousafa Hazara. It is well-placed to handle an array of complex cross-border tax matters and cross-border estates.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Personal tax, trusts and probate London > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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- Private client > Court of protection
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Insurance > Product liability: claimant
- Transport > Travel
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- Employment > Employees/unions
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Costs lawyers
- Private client > Family
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Real estate > Planning
- Employment > Senior executives
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Employment > Employers
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting