Biography
Oliver advises individuals, families and trustees based in the UK and abroad on UK tax, estate planning and asset structuring.
His clients range from UK families and executives to European and US entrepreneurs and their structures.
Oliver specialises in advising on UK / US situations and spent time on secondment with the trusts and estates group of a leading New York law firm.
He also works with families to establish and reorganise international family office and asset-holding structures and put in place family constitutions.
Oliver is a member of Macfarlanes’ trust and probate litigation group and has worked on large-scale trust litigation both in England and overseas.Professional memberships
Professional memberships
STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners)
Contact
DD +44 (0)20 7849 2783
oliver.court@
macfarlanes.com
Macfarlanes LLP
20 Cursitor Street
London Ec4a 1LT
T +44 (0)20 7831 9222
F +44 (0)20 7831 9607
DX 138 Chancery Lane
www.macfarlanes.com
Recent highlights include:
—— co-ordinating a team of lawyers in five different jurisdictions to develop an integrated succession plan for an entrepreneur with a large European trading business,
—— advising a family on business assets owned through a series of trusts and companies in multiple jurisdictions and reorganising those structures following recent UK legislative changes affecting UK resident family members, and
—— reorganising a long-standing trust and foundation structure for the benefit of a family with members based in both the US and UK. Macfarlanes
