Family Offices & Funds Structuring
High Net Worth Guide 2024 : UK-wide
Band 1
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Provided by Boodle Hatfield LLP
Boodle Hatfield’s top tier team can untangle complex issues and provide a commercial edge in negotiations. Serving its clients with their meticulous attention to detail and first-class service with bespoke, professional, sensitive, and practical guidance. The team works with successful UK and international families and Family Offices.
Chambers Review
Boodle Hatfield has a long history of advising high net worth families and their family offices. Partners restructure family businesses for wealthy clients and provide tax advice on investment ventures. The team advises major, international ultra high net worth families on complex cross-border structuring and investment matters.
Strengths
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"Boodle Hatfield demonstrated outstanding capability in handling complex legal and commercial matters, offering creative and pragmatic solutions."
"Boodle Hatfield is an amazing law firm altogether. The lawyers' ability to collaborate together many times in different teams is a pleasant experience for anyone who deals with them."
"They are very competent in their approach and are able to deal with complex issues is a simplified and non-fussy manner."
"Boodle Hatfield demonstrated outstanding capability in handling complex legal and commercial matters, offering creative and pragmatic solutions."
"Boodle Hatfield is an amazing law firm altogether. The lawyers' ability to collaborate together many times in different teams is a pleasant experience for anyone who deals with them."
"They are very competent in their approach and are able to deal with complex issues is a simplified and non-fussy manner."
Notable Practitioners
Kyra Motley is a distinguished figure in private client issues. Motley advises wealthy clients on establishing sophisticated family offices and investment advisory funds across various jurisdictions. She has an especially strong practice acting for Middle Eastern ultra high net worth individuals and family-owned businesses in the region.
"Kyra is my go-to for tax advice. She is technically strong, commercially minded and has a focus on delivering quality advice in a timely and easy-to-digest format."
"She is our principal point of contact and is a great level of assistance and comfort to our group."
"Kyra's knowledge of complex tax matters is truly amazing. As my lead lawyer, she has impressed me every time a new issue/matter is needed with how she chooses and assembles her team."
Rahul Thakrar uses his expertise in private client work to advise family offices on acquisitions, investments and lending matters, as well as general corporate advisory assistance. Thakrar often advises on real estate, private equity and venture capital fund matters connected to family offices and ultra high net worth individuals. He is also a qualified Chartered Financial Analyst.
"Rahul understands the business inside out, and his input is invaluable. His understanding of finance, most likely due to his CFA background, is stronger than any other lawyer I've encountered."
"His strategic insights often provide us a commercial edge in negotiations. Rahul's meticulous attention to detail and his ability to untangle complex issues are indispensable to our business."
"Rahul's very responsive and technically very strong. He really understands the business side of things, gets the big picture and is a good communicator."
Salpy Kouyoumjian is an expert in providing wealthy clients international tax and structuring advice. Kouyoumjian is often involved in setting up first-time family offices for Middle Eastern and other international clients, or setting up new family offices when clients relocate. She is viewed as an industry leader on family governance and wealth succession issues in the Middle East.
"Salpy is super easy to work with, her language skills are excellent and we rate her very highly."
"She has a deep knowledge and is very good culturally and technically when working with Middle Eastern families."
Hayden Bailey has expertise in advising family offices, high net worth individuals, family business owners and senior executives on a range of matters, both in the UK and throughout Europe. He often advises on the setting up and structuring of family offices.
"Hayden is a safe pair of hands, communicates well with clients and works collaboratively with other professionals."