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Russell-Cooke LLP Offices

Russell-Cooke LLP
2 PUTNEY HILL
LONDON
SW15 6AB
England
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Richard Frimston

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Work Department

Private client

Position

Richard is a consultant in the private client team. He advises clients in relation to their estate planning, wills, probate and tax planning issues and offers Notary Public services. His areas of expertise include cross-border estates and international private law issues.

Richard has particular expertise in multi-jurisdictional estates specifically with France, other EU states and India. He is a  member of the EU Commission group of experts PRM-III/IV and PRM III considering Regulations on Succession (EU 650/2012) and on Property Regimes (EU 2016/1103 and 2016/1104).

Career

Trained Russell-Cooke; qualified 1979; partner 1982.

Languages

German.

Memberships

Member of the Law Society’s EU Committee
Author of:
Law Brief Publishing’s ‘The EU Succession Regulation’
Co-author of:
Sweet & Maxwell’s ‘European Cross-Border Estate Planning’
international sections of Heywood & Massey
commentary on the EU Succession Regulation published by Sellier and Dalloz in English, French and German
STEP badged text published by Oxford University Press on cross-border incapacity issues entitled ‘The International Protection of Adults’

Education

Calday Grange Grammar School, Wirral; Imperial College, London (1975 BSc, ARCS).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate

Rebecca Fisher heads a thriving practice at Russell-Cooke LLP. It continues to expand into new and complex areas of law, such as advising on the creation and structuring of family offices. It also excels in handling forfeiture claims where the deceased was murdered, and is experienced in advising on cross-border mental capacity issues. Increasingly,  it is advising on the cross-border adoption of adults, and on its impact on succession planning. Its diverse client base ranges from the substantially wealthy, to longstanding clients and their families. Suzanne Mynors has particular expertise in complex trust matters. James Cook joined the team from Collyer Bristow LLP in October 2023. Cook has a broad practice, with a keen interest in disabled person trusts. Richard Frimston is also recommended.

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