Keith Bruce-Smith > Sinclair Gibson LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Sinclair Gibson LLP Offices
3 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS
LONDON
WC2A 3AA
England
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Keith Bruce-Smith
Work Department
Private client tax and trusts.
Position
Keith, who is ranked in the Legal 500 ‘Hall of Fame’, is a senior private client tax and trusts lawyer with over 40 years’ experience in the area of trust and estate planning for wealthy UK and foreign families. Keith has a well-earned reputation for an innovative approach and a robust, incisive style. He is particularly regarded for his commercial and technical acumen.
Keith acts for a wide spectrum of UK and foreign families, advising on the management of their wealth and its tax-efficient devolution down the generations. He has extensive experience in advising on landed estates, and is a trustee or protector of both domestic and offshore trusts, giving him a depth of knowledge of the issues involved in structuring major trusts and devising creative and commercial solutions in relation to the devolution of family wealth.
Keith was the co-author of ‘Practical Will Precedents’ and ‘Practical Trust Precedents’ (Sweet & Maxwell) and an original co-editor of ‘International Trust Precedents’ (Sweet & Maxwell).
He is described in the Legal 500 as ‘high calibre’ and in Chambers & Partners as ‘a master strategist’ who ‘brings fresh and creative thinking to complex situations’.
Career
Keith qualified in December 1978 and is a founding partner of the firm.
Memberships
Keith is a member of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) and the ACTPL (Association of Contentious Trust and Probate lawyers).
Education
Oundle School and Christ Church Oxford (MA (Hons) Modern History).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
(Hall of Fame)Sinclair Gibson LLP has been praised as ‘typifying the best of the private client boutique approach’. It is skilfully co-led by Keith Bruce-Smith
and Lucy Gibson and covers a broad range of private client matters. Core areas of expertise include advising on lifetime wealth and tax planning as well as post-death tax planning and estate administration. It also excels in advising on the establishment and ongoing management and administration of trusts and on the provision of family office services. It deftly combines expertise in advising wealthy UK-based families and landed estates with its work in advising international clients on multi-jurisdictional issues.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Personal tax, trusts and probate London > Private client