Jennifer Emms > Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Jennifer Emms
Work Department
Private Client, Charity and Philanthropy
Position
Jennifer advises on a range of private wealth matters, including taxation, trusts, estate planning, Wills and disclosure and transparency regimes (such as CRS). She has a mixture of domestic and international clients, often with complex personal and business interests across multiple jurisdictions.
Jennifer has a keen interest in charities and philanthropy, which is a key part of her practice. She spent six months as an in-house legal adviser to a large, well-known children’s charity. Since then she has helped guide donors and trustees through a broad spectrum of matters, from establishing charities to reporting serious incidents, charity mergers, grant agreements, independence and governance issues, trustee disqualification proceedings and investment duties.
Due to her background at Linklaters, Jennifer also has significant and unique experience in both the use of trusts and the participation of trustees in commercial transactions covering (but not limited to) securitisations, escrows and trustee purchases.
Jennifer has acted for individuals, professional trustees, companies, financial institutions and a number of different types of charity from trusts to royal charter companies.
She has been recognised by eprivateclient as one of their Top 35 under 35 on several occasions and, in 2019, was named as a “Rising Star” in the charity field by Legal 500. The 2020 Legal 500 guide lists her as a key lawyer in the areas of personal tax, trusts and probate, and charities and not-for-profit. She regularly contributes articles on taxation, charity and philanthropy to academic publications.
Career
Jennifer trained and qualified at Linklaters in March 2010 before joining Maurice Turnor Gardner in 2015 where she was made partner elect in 2020.
Memberships
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (currently a member of the STEP City branch committee)
Philanthropy Impact
Charity Law Association.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Art and cultural property
Spearheaded by Ed Powles, the team at Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP works closely with its other departments to advise on an array of issues from international estate planning and tax, to philanthropy and the sale and purchase of art and cultural property. Its diverse client base includes artists, collectors, national galleries and entrepreneurs. Powles has a particular focus on conflict of law issues, and the difficulties that can arise in relation to issues surrounding title to artwork and heritage property. Ceris Gardner
is another leading member of the firm who excels at advising on the taxation of heritage property. Jennifer Emms is also well regarded.
London > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
(Leading individuals)Jennifer Emms heads up the department at Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP, which is praised for connecting philanthropy with charity and private wealth. Ceris Gardner is a recognised name for her work on charity law and tax matters, and more recently has had a particular emphasis on governance and risk issues. Emma-Jane Weider acts for many operating and grant-making charities in the arts and educational sectors, as well as for a variety of religious and international charities on a whole host of legal and governance issues. Jennifer Chambers is a known name for her work on a range of taxation and trust matters, and is adept at advising on philanthropy and charity law.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Charities and not-for-profit London > Private client
- Art and cultural property London > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership