Tax: personal

Devereux

Devereux‘s private client offering covers estate planning, residence and domicile issues, and trust and tax matters relating to charitable donations, in addition to a range of other contentious and advisory instructions. Felicity Cullen KC advises high net worth individuals and their families in the full range of tax and trust issues, with experience acting for owner-managed businesses. Residence and domicile issues are Akash Nawbatt KC’s area of particular specialism. Nawbatt KC represented HMRC in Gaines-Cooper v HMRC, a long-running domicile and residence appeal which has been heard before the Supreme Court. Marika Lemos KC advises in personal tax matters in the UK and internationally, and appears for both HMRC and prominent taxpayer clients in litigation.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

'Chris Downes and his team are always helpful and available. They like to solve problems and will always find a way forward if they can do so.'
'Glenn Billenness has always been responsive and friendly.'
'Good variety of practice areas, and sufficient depth in the tax arena to ensure the set is a heavy hitter.'

Lawyers

Leading Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

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Felicity Cullen KC

‘Reliably though in her approach and a real team player. She will always go above and beyond to point out things that may not have been in her instructions, but ought to have been.’

2

Akash Nawbatt KC

3

Aparna Nathan KC

‘Aparna is an effective communicator who can explain complex issues to clients and provide pragmatic advice and solutions.’

2025 Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

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Marika Lemos KC

‘Marika is a real expert in non-domicile matters and personal taxation. She is able to come up with technical and persuasive arguments and spot points many others miss.’

2024 Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

1

Christopher Stone KC

‘Chris is a confident and persuasive advocate, who takes the time to get across the details of a case. He is also very personable, easy to deal with, and good with clients.’

Leading Juniors

Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.

2

Barrie Akin

‘Barrie is very forensic and reads his brief carefully before advising. His advice is always clear and well presented. He’s incredibly bright and great with clients.’