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20 Old Bailey
LONDON
EC4M 7AN
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Patricia Milner

Work Department
Wealth planning.
Position
Patricia is co-head of our wealth planning department in Europe. She focuses on tax, trust and estate planning for both UK and non-UK resident and domiciled individuals and their families. Patricia has significant experience in advising family businesses and landed estates on succession and capital tax issues. She also advises on governance issues as well as succession and education matters for families. She has been instrumental in the establishment of new family offices as well as providing ongoing strategic advice to families wilfi long established family offices.
Career
Trained Stones Porter; qualified 1991; Slaughter and May 1991; Withers 1994; partner 1998.
Memberships
Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners.
Education
BSc (Hons); Law Society Finals (Hons).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
(Hall of Fame)Withers LLP fields a large team, which acts for 74% of the individuals and families in the Sunday Times Top 100 UK Rich List. It also has a dedicated US-qualified private client team in London. Senior partner Christopher Groves heads the firm’s European private client practice. Patricia Milner is a highly experienced practitioner whose focus is on tax, trust, and estate planning for both UK and non-UK resident and domiciled individuals, and their families. Philip Munro is highly regarded for his expertise in succession planning for international families. Another key member is Charlie Tee, who has a strong reputation in the market for his work on UK and international tax and trust issues, as well as advising on wills and succession planning. Richard Cassell
advises on US and international tax, trust, and estate planning matters. Also recommended is Ceri Vokes, who regularly advises on complex cross-border tax planning, and who continues to work closely with many family offices. Claire Harris heads up the European family office team.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Personal tax, trusts and probate London > Private client
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
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- 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
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)