John Pears > Keystone Law > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Keystone Law Offices
48 CHANCERY LANE
LONDON
WC2A 1JF
England
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John Pears
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.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Employment > Employees/unions
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Real estate > Residential property
Firm Rankings
- Employment > Senior executives
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Finance > Islamic finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Transport > Travel
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Transport > Aviation
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant