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John Pears

020 7152 6550 john.pears@keystonelaw.co.uk

Work Department

Private client/tax.

Position

John is an experienced tax and estate planning specialist, with particular expertise in inheritance tax and capital gains tax. John’s work includes complex will drafting, advising on the creation, administration and winding-up of all types of trust, and the associated taxation implications and estate administration. He is particularly experienced in working with high-net-worth entrepreneurs and the agricultural community. John is also a trustee of a number of sizeable private charities. Areas of expertise include estate planning and succession issues; wills; trusts; inheritance tax and charity administration.

Career

Qualified 1986; solicitor, Browne Jacobson 1986-91; solicitor the partner, Warren & Allen 1991-2002; partner, Berryman 2002-10; partner, Shakespeares 2010-13; consultant solicitor, Keystone Law 2013.

Memberships

Law Society Private Client Section; Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.