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Jo Summers
Work Department
Private Wealth & Tax
Position
Partner
Career
Jo is a highly regarded private client lawyer.
Together with Nicola Dudley Jo heads Jurit Private Wealth. They ran their own private client practice for many years before joining Jurit in 2021.
Jo qualified as a solicitor in 1995 and has specialised in personal tax ever since. She has expertise in advising private individuals on the tax implication of moving to or from the UK, as well as advising on a variety of UK personal tax, estate planning and charities issues.
She supports her high-net-worth clients with a variety of needs, including advising in relation to offshore trusts, offshore pensions (including QROPS and QNUPS) and other international structures (such as EBTs and EFRBS).
Jo is a published author and expert in Sharia’a succession laws and can be found regularly commenting on personal tax matters for the wealthy in The Times & The Financial Times.
She is also a quoted expert in relevant trade journals and lectures extensively on personal tax issues both in the UK and overseas.
Memberships
The Society of Trusts & Estate Practitioners (STEP)
The Association of Contentious Trust & Probate Specialists
The Society of Authors.
The Law Society’s Wills and Equity Committee
STEP UK Practice Committee.
Education
Degree in European Law (University of Warwick),
Diploma of French law (University of Lille)
Masters degree in trusts law (University of Greenwich).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
(Firms to watch)Jo Summers at Jurit LLP is ‘an extremely competent adviser and tax lawyer. She has the ability to make the most complex matters sound simple’. Nicola Dudley is also recommended.
London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
(Firms to watch)Jo Summers heads the practice at Jurit LLP, which is praised for its ‘excellence in international family and probate issues’. Alex Peebles is another key member of the practice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Firms to watch London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Firms to watch London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate