Penelope Williams > Withers LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Withers LLP Offices
20 Old Bailey
LONDON
EC4M 7AN
England
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Penelope Williams
Work Department
Wealth planning.
Position
Partner specialising in cross-border estate planning for private clients in both the UK domestic and international arena. Based in London after spending three years on secondment in the US. Three main areas of focus: ‘non-doms’ living in, or looking to relocate to, the UK; families with US and UK issues needing assistance with their estate planning concerns (whether simple or complex); and international families (particularly Latin America) seeking effective governance structures through which to organise the long-term transition of wealth.
Career
Trained Cartwrights; qualified 1990; Slaughter and May 1990; Withers 1994; partner 1998.
Memberships
Law Society; Society of Trust and Estates Practitioners; International Bar Association; Tax Law Committee of the Law Society; chair of the Capital Taxes Sub-Committee of the Law Society.
Education
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School, Bristol; Liverpool University (1987 LLB Hons 1st); University of West of England (1988 LSF First Class).
Leisure
Mother of three children.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Real estate > Residential property
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)