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Sangna specialises in tax and estate planning for UK and international clients. She specialises in UK tax planning for non-domiciliaries and has particular experience in US-UK tax planning. In particular, she focuses on wills, trusts and alternative structure-based planning for high-net worth individuals. Sangna’s areas of expertise are UK and international tax, trust and estate planning. Within this diverse area, she has a particular focus on cross-border estate planning, dealing with the complexities created by local succession and matrimonial property regimes, the impact of the EU Succession Regulation within Europe, and the interaction of UK and local tax laws. Sangna believes in an integrated approach to estate planning that encompasses succession laws and asset protection considerations, as well as purely tax-driven strategies. Sangna acts for several ultra-high net worth international families and their family offices. She advises them on their lifetime tax planning (eg the remittance basis of taxation and lifetime trusts), together with complex international estate planning. She has a particular focus on US-UK estate and tax planning, having acted for many clients exposed to both tax and estate planning regimes. Sangna is also an expert on inheritance tax treaties, and contributed the chapter on domicile for inheritance tax for Clarke’s Offshore Tax Planning. Sangna is listed as a rising star in the tax and trust lawyers category of the Spear’s 500 and is ranked as a Top 35 Under 35 adviser to private indivuduals by Private Client Practitioner.