Emma-Jane Weider > Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Emma-Jane Weider
Work Department
Private Client, Immigration, Charity and Philanthropy
Position
Emma-Jane is Managing Partner of Maurice Turnor Gardner. She specialises in advising wealthy families, trust companies and banks in connection with tax, estate planning and philanthropy matters.
Emma-Jane has a broad private wealth practice and a diverse portfolio of clients from the UK and the rest of the world, each of whom look to her for sensible and pragmatic advice on all of the issues which affect wealthy individuals and trustees (and those who transact with them). Emma-Jane’s extensive experience of advising on immigration matters and trusts in a commercial context complement her main area of practice.
She is also a key member of the firm’s charity and philanthropy team and has a special interest in tax-efficient cross-border giving and the issues which are relevant to counter-parties in transactions with charities. She regularly advises operating and grant-making cross-border charities on diverse legal and governance issues.
Emma-Jane is individually ranked in the 2020 Chambers HNW guide and Chambers UK. She is also ranked as a Band 1 Leading Individual by the Legal 500 2020 guide and by Best Lawyers 2021 as a leading specialist in the area of Wealth Management.
Career
Emma-Jane qualified at Allen & Overy in September 1996. She has worked for a family office and an international philanthropic foundation. She was one of Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP’s founding partners.
Memberships
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Addington Society
Charity Law Association
Philanthropy Impact
Education
University College London
Lawyer Rankings
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.
London > Employment > Immigration
Headed by Colin Senez, Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP is a boutique law firm that focusses primarily on work around HNW individuals, with a fully integrated service that includes tax, domicile, and other relevant services. Ceris Gardner works alongside managing partner Emma-Jane Weider, who has a broad private wealth practice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Charities and not-for-profit London > Private client
- Immigration London > Employment
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