James Hardaker
High Net Worth Guide 2024
Band 3 : Private Wealth Law
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About
Provided by James Hardaker
Practice Areas
James advises both UK and non-UK domiciled clients on a broad range of tax and estate planning issues, including wills and trusts.
James joined Stevens & Bolton in 2007, having trained and qualified into the private client team at a City law firm. He became a partner at Stevens & Bolton in 2019.
James acts for both UK and non-UK domiciled individuals, families, executors and trustees, advising them on UK tax and inheritance/succession planning. He has a wealth of experience in drafting bespoke wills and complex trust structures and is experienced in dealing with matters with a cross-border element, particularly when it comes to the EU Succession Regulation.
James also advises clients on both establishing and administering employee benefit trusts.
James has been listed in the "Excellence" category of Legal Week’s Private Client Global Elite Directory 2024. James is a member of STEP (the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners).
Chambers Review
High Net Worth
James Hardaker is a partner at Stevens & Bolton, and regularly advises wealthy clients on cross-border tax and succession planning matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"James is always praised by clients for his patient explanations, understanding and listening to clients' needs, and for his careful and meticulous work."
"James is super-bright and great to work with."
"His advice is always clear and well reasoned while also looking past the problem at hand to what could cause issues further down the line, endeavouring to mitigate as well as solve. He's fantastic."
"James is always praised by clients for his patient explanations, understanding and listening to clients' needs, and for his careful and meticulous work."
"James is super-bright and great to work with."
"His advice is always clear and well reasoned while also looking past the problem at hand to what could cause issues further down the line, endeavouring to mitigate as well as solve. He's fantastic."
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