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Kingsley Napley LLP Offices

20 Bonhill Street
London
EC2A 4DN
England
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James Ward

Work Department
Private Client
Position
James heads the Private Client team at Kingsley Napley. He has extensive experience advising families and individuals on wealth protection and tax mitigation. He is adept at managing the succession planning through the generations and often acts for parents, children and grandchildren to facilitate the best results. Often his clients will have international connections; whether they own overseas property or have recently arrived or invested in the UK, or are long term residents who are still non-UK domiciled. He specialises in giving advice on UK tax for these international clients or working closely with accountants on key areas such as UK inheritance tax and UK capital gains tax. James has a broad client base covering people just across the road or located on the other side of the world. He is just as comfortable dealing with the private affairs of a CEO of a multinational business or person in the public eye as he is dealing with a vulnerable elderly client with tricky family dynamics.
James is regularly asked to comment in the media, give lectures and provide thought leadership on private client matters.
Memberships
The Law Society; Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
(Leading partners)The ‘first-rate’ team Kingsley Napley LLP provides a ‘personal service’ across all key areas of private client work for domestic and international clients. Those areas include succession and estate planning, capital taxation, wills, trusts, and probate. It also has a wealth of experience in international tax planning and Court of Protection work. Practice head James Ward is particularly skilled at helping business owners with their business succession. Anita Gill and Charles Richardson are both well-regarded. Stephanie Mooney focuses on succession planning for high-net-worth clients. Sophie Voelcker joined the firm from New Quadrant Partners LTD in January 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Personal tax, trusts and probate London > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- 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)
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Costs lawyers
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Real estate > Residential property
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Employment > Employers
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > ESG