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Provided by Catherine R Hill
Catherine has been advising individuals and their families on estate planning matters for more than 25 years. She has extensive experience in managing complex estates, both in the UK and abroad, and particular strength in devising holding structures for family wealth including companies, partnership and trusts.
She works closely with the Corporate and Family teams at Forsters to deliver strategic advice on asset structuring, succession and taxation from both the personal and commercial point of view. She has particular expertise in establishing family investment companies and an interest in all aspects of philanthropy. Within the practice, she focusses on building the firm’s client base of UK domiciled and resident clients.
In addition to her mix of clients with businesses and private wealth, she acts for a number of significant landed estates and for living artists and those investing in art. She has an in-depth knowledge of agricultural and heritage property taxation in addition to the more corporate-focussed tax legislation, such as business property relief. Catherine is a co-founder of Artistate Limited, an organisation established to support artists and their estates.
Catherine is fluent in French and qualified as a Solicitor in in 1996 at Withers, where she was also a Partner. She joined Forsters as a Partner in 2008.
Catherine is a member of The Law Society, CLA , Heritage Group of Professional Advisers and Professional Advisers to the International Art Market.
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Catherine Hill leads the law firm's art and cultural property practice and is an expert on advising living artists on tax and estate planning matters.
Provided by Chambers
Catherine manages to be both technically competent and accessible for clients. She breaks things down in a way that clients understand.
Catherine Hill is an excellent private client lawyer with fantastic knowledge and experience of the art world. She inspires confidence.
Catherine has an excellent reputation for dealing with contemporary artists and their estates. She is extremely knowledgeable in this space and has all the contacts that artists need in this respect.
Catherine manages to be both technically competent and accessible for clients. She breaks things down in a way that clients understand.
Catherine Hill is an excellent private client lawyer with fantastic knowledge and experience of the art world. She inspires confidence.
Catherine has an excellent reputation for dealing with contemporary artists and their estates. She is extremely knowledgeable in this space and has all the contacts that artists need in this respect.
