Frederick Bjørn > Payne Hicks Beach LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Payne Hicks Beach LLP Offices
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LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3QG
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Frederick Bjørn
Work Department
Private Client
Position
Frederick acts for UK and international high net worth individuals, advising on tax issues for non-domiciliaries and cross border migration; the establishment and restructuring of onshore and offshore trusts and Wills and estate planning (including strategic succession planning for family businesses).
A core focus of Frederick’s practice is advising on family governance for multi generational, entrepreneurial businesses, both in terms of transfers of wealth and control and asset protection. He has extensive experience in this area and was awarded distinctions in both the STEP Advanced Certificate in Advising Family Business and the STEP Advanced Certificate in Family Business Governance.
Frederick was elected to the STEP Business Families Global SIG Steering Committee in 2023.
Frederick’s offshore work focuses on clients with Scandinavian and US links, and is well connected within those communities.
Frederick is a regular speaker at industry conferences and has contributed to various publications.
Career
Slaughter and May 2006-2010; Payne Hicks Beach 2010, partner 2015.
Languages
French (proficient)
Memberships
STEP
Education
Winchester College (1995-2000); Kings College London (2000-2003).
Leisure
Skiing, windsurfing and tennis.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
(Leading individuals)Rosamond McDowell heads the department at Payne Hicks Beach LLP
, which advises high-net-worth clients from the UK and internationally (many of whom feature in the Sunday Times Rich List, Forbes 400 and the Arabian Business Rich List). It also continues to receive instructions from Scandinavia and the Middle East. Other core areas of strength include advising UK resident non-domiciled clients on issues relating to pre-arrival planning and structuring. Robert Brodrick’s practice is divided into three main geographic areas of clients: Middle East, US/UK and UK domestic. Other highly regarded members of the department include Frederick Bjørn, Basil Dixon, Martin Paisner and Clare Hetherington. Recent highlights included Emma Harris’ promotion to the partnership and Sara Morgan’s addition to the team from Fieldfisher in November 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Personal tax, trusts and probate London > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Employment > Immigration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Real estate > Residential property
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)