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Weightmans Offices
85 FLEET STREET
LONDON
EC4Y 1AE
England
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Jonathan Shankland
Work Department
Tax and Private Client
Position
Jonathan is a Partner in the Tax and Private Client team and Head of the firm’s International Private Wealth team. He is a trust, tax and estates lawyer and deals with all aspects of personal estates, wills and tax planning for both UK-based and international clients.
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 and large multi-jurisdictional probate matters.
Jonathan prides himself in the personal service that his team provides and counts amongst his client base royalty, lords and ladies, leading business figures, prominent families, banks and international trust companies.
Career
Shakespeare Martineau 2006-2011, RadcliffesLeBrasseur 2012-present
Languages
French (Basic) Welsh (Basic)
Memberships
STEP
Education
Haberdashers Monmouth School (William Jones Scholarship), University of Liverpool LLB (Hons) Law (2004), College of Law (LPC)
Leisure
Director and Head of Rugby at London Welsh RFC
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
(Leading individuals)At Weightmans LLP ’what truly sets them apart is their client-centric approach. The team’s collaborative mindset fosters a wealth of diverse and holistic perspectives, ensuring clients benefit from well-rounded advice’. Practice head is the ‘exceptional’ Jonathan Shankland, who garners a lot of praise for his offshore tax and estate planning work. Patrick Malone has particular expertise in complex estates and particularly those with literary and heritage/art assets. Caroline Doyle, now a legal director, is also well-regarded along with associate Joshua Ryan. Arshoo Singh left to join Warners Solicitors in September 2023.
London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
Jonathan Shankland and Nigel West
co-lead the department at Weightmans LLP, which acts for executors, administrators, beneficiaries and dependants on various high-value trusts and probate disputes, both in the UK and overseas. Other core areas of expertise include advising on claims for reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. Arshoo Singh departed for Warners Solicitors in September 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Personal tax, trusts and probate London > Private client
- Contentious trusts and probate London > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Local government
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Transport > Travel
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Transport > Aviation
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Healthcare
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Residential property
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Shipping
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Employment > Employers