Robert Macro > Druces LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Druces LLP Offices
SALISBURY HOUSE
LONDON WALL
LONDON
EC2M 5PS
England
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Robert Macro
Work Department
Private Client
Position
Robert is a Partner and Druces’ Head of Private Wealth.
He has significant experience with UK and international tax planning, trust matters, probates, tax disclosures and disputes for banks, high net worth individuals, trustees, international companies, UK collection societies and partnerships.
Robert specialises in complex tax planning for international and domestic clients. He leads Druces’ International Wealth & Fiduciary team which specialises in securing low profile successful outcomes for high profile family offices and their interests. He also has expertise in dealing with copyright in relation to film and television directors and the UK representative body of those directors.
He has been involved in notable matters successfully assisting clients caught up in the HSBC data theft in Switzerland and advised fiduciaries drawn into litigation with a Middle Eastern state government following the Arab Spring. He also pioneered the successful use of various tax reliefs with claims for the remittance basis of taxation.
Robert acts for trustee companies around the world with an emphasis on trustees based in the jurisdictions of the BVI, Switzerland, Mauritius, Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man.
Career
Robert was awarded Private Client Lawyer of the Year at the European WealthBriefing Awards 2018.
He is featured in Spear’s 500 as a Recommended Tax Lawyer, Citywealth also praise him as a lawyer who “always looks for solutions, is a creative thinker, tenacious in his approach and great to deal with”.
Memberships
In addition to being qualified in England and Wales, Robert was admitted as a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in 2005. He is also a member of STEP and the Association of Taxation Technicians.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Druces LLP has a particular specialism in family offices. Under the direction of Robert Macro, the group covers all areas of wealth planning, international tax structuring and multi-generational advice for mobile and international families. Matthew Duncan is registered as a will draftsman in the Dubai International Financial Centre’s Wills and Probate Registry. Helen Freely does a broad range of private client work covering tax and trusts as well as advising charities. Paul Levy works with many UK and international families and entrepreneurs.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction: contentious