Wendy Walton
‘I fell into it,’ says Wendy Walton, of her sparkling career as a tax accountant (she won Spear’s Private Client…
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James Walker
Following almost a decade in Jersey, Walker returned to the UK, where, after a stint as a non-dom specialist at…
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James Sykes
‘I’m not someone who’s got my head in the tax law book the whole time: for me it’s more about…
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Clare Stirzaker
PwC’s family office leader and tax partner Clare Stirzaker is known among peers for her excellence in helping family businesses…
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Lisa Spearman
Lisa Spearman decided she wanted to work in tax at the age of 13, undertaking numerous internships to ensure her…
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Daniel Sopher
‘Dealing with families and family business, we invest a lot of time in helping clients resolve their differences without causing…
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Nimesh Shah
When it comes to the tax system as a whole, Nimesh Shah is ‘a huge believer in simplification’: ‘When I…
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Rupert Ticehurst
Rupert Ticehurst has some excellent theories on what makes a good contentious lawyer: ‘If litigators were dogs, a client would…
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Jitu Shah
Soft-spoken, intelligent and highly observant, Jitu Shah believes the HNW world is suffering from a dual paralysis. ‘People aren’t making…
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Anthony Poulton
It doesn’t matter who you speak to, you’ll not hear a bad word about Anthony Poulton, who has built up…
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David Mellor
David Mellor is a highly experienced practitioner who believes the tax code is overdue major simplification. ‘Technically, it is achievable…
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Daniel Hyde
Daniel Hyde describes his client base as consisting mostly of ‘Americans whose children speak with British accents’. With Trump’s tax…
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Nick Rucker
Nick Rucker’s client list ranges ‘from the modestly wealthy to the UHNW’, and he relishes the variety. ‘They [the clients]…
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Ben Grist
A mathematics graduate from the University of Cambridge, Ben Grist thrives on the challenge of explaining complex issues to his…
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Tom Evennett
It’s been a year of change at EY. The retirement of heavyweight David Kilshaw – not to mention the departure…
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Dawn Goodman
Coming from a background in family law, Dawn Goodman was one of the first to specialise in private client work…
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Jeremy Gordon
‘Very lively, very busy,’ is Farrer’s partner Jeremy Gordon’s description of his year, citing an increase in domestic wills disputes…
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Victor Dauppe
Victor Dauppe, Arram Berlyn Gardner’s tax partner, has immense knowledge of tax – so much so that he has written…
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Rachel Bentley
PwC’s director of private clients has advised clients all over the world: Rachel Bentley’s work has taken her from Japan…
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Graeme Kleiner
Graeme Kleiner, head of contentious trusts and estates at Charles Russell Speechlys, ‘really knows his stuff and is fantastically good…
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