Weightmans LLP

International Private Wealth

Partner - International Private Wealth

Formerly of RadcliffesLeBrasseur, Jonathan heads the International Private Wealth offering at Weightmans’.

Jonathan is a trust, tax and estates lawyer and deals with all aspects of personal estates, wills and tax planning for UK-based and international clients. Jonathan specialises in providing international private wealth advice to globally mobile ultra high net worth families, family offices and fiduciaries.

Jonathan is ranked as a Leading Lawyer in both Chambers and Legal 500; the latter he is recognised within the Hall of Fame as one of the Uks leading private wealth lawyers over a period of many years. He also features in CityWealth’s Leaders List and was named in the 2021 list of Top 100 Private Client Lawyers. Jonathan is also ranked in the Spears 500 directory and the worlds leading private wealth advisors.

Jonathan has a wide and complex client base dealing with high-net-worth private clients with international tax and planning considerations, corporate and trust structuring both onshore and offshore, as well as traditional pragmatic succession planning, tax planning, tax disputes/investigations and large multi-jurisdictional probate matters.

Jonathan prides himself in the personal service that he provides and counts amongst his client base global private banks, fiduciaries, royalty, leading business figures and prominent families.

Experience

International tax and estate planning International succession planning Personal and trust tax planning Complex Will planning Offshore tax planning Swiss/UK/Worldwide tax co-op agreements Double tax treaties Worldwide disclosure facility Trust Business affairs Corporate estate planning High net worth tax planning, Wills and probate Mental capacity issues and elderly client matters Cross-border estate and tax planning International tax disputes Residence and domicile/long term residence planning and tax matters HMRC tax investigations: domicile/long term residency, tax residency and voluntary disclosure Estate administration and probate Annual tax on enveloped dwellings (ATED) Non-resident CGT HMRC anti-avoidance provisions/attribution rules etc. Offshore estate planning structures