Mr James Quarmby > Stephenson Harwood > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Stephenson Harwood Offices

1 FINSBURY CIRCUS
LONDON
EC2M 7SH
England
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Mr James Quarmby

Work Department
Employment, pensions, private wealth, immigration, contentious trusts and corporate tax
Position
He has a wide-ranging practice, advising on UK and international taxation, residency and domicile, offshore pensions and trusts, asset protection, succession planning and HMRC disputes.
James frequently appears in the press and broadcast media. He has featured across a range of outlets, including Newsnight, BBC Breakfast, BBC News, BBC World Service TV, Sky News, Bloomberg TV, BBC R2, BBC R4 (including the Today programme), BBC R5L, BBC World Service, LBC, Times Radio, and in numerous quotes across the print media. He writes and lectures widely on tax policy.
James is recognised across the private wealth sector for his expertise. He has been included in eprivateclient’s “50 Most Influential” list for nine years running, as well as featuring in the Private Client Global Elite and Spear’s Tax & Trusts Indices. He is ranked as a Leading Individual in the Legal 500, and is recognised by the Chambers HNW guide in both the Private Wealth Law and Family Offices & Funds Structuring categories. He was named Tax & Trusts Lawyer of the Year at the 2022 Spear’s Wealth Management Awards.
As well as being a solicitor, regulated by the SRA, he is a Registered Tax Technician, regulated by the Association of Tax Technicians (ATT). He is an active member of STEP and a contributing editor for LexisNexis.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Transport > Rail
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employers
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Employment > Senior executives
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Property finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport