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Andrew Godfrey

Work Department

Private client

Non-contentious general private client and personal tax advice.

Position

Andrew is a partner in private client team.

Andrew is recognised for his advice on cross-border private client matters.  Andrew is a member and former chair of STEP’s Cross Border Estates Group committee.  He regularly talks at conferences on cross-border matters within the UK and abroad, and has authored many legal texts in this area. Andrew is a Board member of the Lexunion network and has a wide network of contacts.  He speaks fluent Italian.

Andrew advises on cross-border wills, estate planning, estate administration, trusts and international tax.

Career

Trained Clifford Harris & Co, Marylebone, London 2002-04; qualified 2004; private client solicitor, Pothecary Witham Weld, Pimlico, London 2004-08; private client associate/senior associate Penningtons Manches, St Pauls, London 2008-15; partner Russell-Cooke January 2015 to date.

Committee member of British Italian Association.  Current directorships: Russell-Cooke Trust Company.

Contributing author for:

• the Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents – ‘Wills with a Foreign Element’ and ‘Estates with a Foreign Element’ chapters;
• Lexis PSL Practice Notes for cross-border for a variety of succession and tax matters;
• Planning & Administration of Offshore & Onshore Trusts (Bloomsbury Professional) – ‘Planning in a Global Context’ chapter; and,
• EU Cross-Border Succession Law (Elgar Publishing – awaiting publication) – England & Wales chapter.

Publications of note: The Resident online, 08/08/2016, Mansion Global, 30/03/2017.

Languages

Italian, French

Memberships

• Member and former chair of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Cross Border Estates Group
• Member of Association of Tax Technicians (ATT)
• Lexunion Board member
• Member of British Italian Law Association

Education

The Grange School, Hartford, Cheshire; Bristol University (1992 BA Mathematics and Philosophy); University of Westminster (1994 CPE); BPP Law School (1996 LPC)