James Ward > Kingsley Napley LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Kingsley Napley LLP
20 Bonhill Street
London
EC2A 4DN
England

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)

James WardKingsley Napley LLP

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.