Matthew Woods > Withers LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Withers LLP Offices
20 Old Bailey
LONDON
EC4M 7AN
England
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Matthew Woods
Work Department
Wealth planning department: private client, landed estates and family business groups.
Position
Joint head of the landed estates group. Focuses on the mitigation of inheritance and capital gains taxes, and the long-term devolution of private wealth – particularly landed estates and owner-managed businesses – including advising international clients on suitable structures to manage their multinational and multigenerational needs.
Career
Trained Withers LLP; qualified 2001; partner 2007. Publications of note: ‘Financial Time’ Readers’ Questions, ‘McCutcheon and Withers Inheritance Tax Planning’, Sweet & Maxwell’s ‘Practical Trust Precedents’, ‘Practical Will Precedents’ and ‘International Trust Precedents’; STEP publication Business Families and Family. Regular speaker at internal and external conferences on tax, trust, rural estate and private client issues.
Memberships
STEP; CLA; Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust; HHA.
Education
Bournemouth School; University College London (1997 LLB law).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Agriculture and estates
(Hall of Fame)Bertie Hoskyns-Abrahall
and Matthew Woods co-head the first-rate department at Withers LLP, which acts for over 130 landed estates across England and Wales. In addition, the team is regularly instructed by clients entering the rural UK property market for the first time. As a number of its clients are also resident or domiciled abroad, the group is well placed to advise on a myriad of trusts and cross-border planning matters. In addition to its more traditional landed estate clients, it is also increasingly advising clients who are purchasing rural land for rewilding purposes. Edward Jarron is another name to note for his work on a broad range of complex property matters in the landed estate sector as well as other areas spanning country houses, development sites and renewable projects. David Holland was promoted to the partnership; he acts for individuals, trusts and companies in connection with the acquisition and disposal of rural property.
Lawyer Rankings
- Agriculture and estates London > Private client
- Hall of Fame London > Private client > Agriculture and estates
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)