Jim Aveline
High Net Worth Guide 2024
Band 2 : Private Wealth Law
Band 2
About
Provided by Jim Aveline
Practice Areas
Partner and head of the firm’s private Private Client Services department. Specialises in tax and estate planning for both UK and offshore clients. This includes advising landed estates and diversified farm businesses on their various tax, trust and agricultural issues. He also has a particular focus on succession planning and structuring for family business owners and heads up Burges Salmon’s Family Business team. His international work includes advising resident and non-resident clients on their global trust and wealth structuring and advising on structures to pass their wealth on to the next generation. Recent examples of work include: advising an international family with £300m+ assets on their offshore structures, innovative partnership and trust structuring to claim CGT relief on a record breaking agricultural land sale; advising the trustees of a significant landed estate following the death of its main heir; drafting and advising on a Family Charter to set out the principles of how control and ownership will pass in a large diversified family business to give certainty to the next generation. Winner of STEP President’s prize for best thesis on international issues.
Career
Trained Burges Salmon; qualified 2004; partner 2012. Three years living in Japan and working for local government; three years setting up and managing own businesses in the UK.
Professional Memberships
Committee member National Law Society Capital Taxes Sub-Committee
Chambers Review
High Net Worth
Jim Aveline is a trust and estate team leader at the firm and deals with complex trust management cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jim has shown a high level of care for our affairs and has been extremely helpful in guiding us through the issues around some somewhat complicated trust problems."
"Jim has an excellent knowledge of UK tax legislation and is able to explain the issues in an easy-to-follow manner. He has always provided a very good and responsive level of service."
"Jim is an excellent adviser who demonstrates a high degree of empathy and emotional intelligence, alongside his technical knowledge. He is highly committed to his clients."
"Jim has shown a high level of care for our affairs and has been extremely helpful in guiding us through the issues around some somewhat complicated trust problems."
"Jim has an excellent knowledge of UK tax legislation and is able to explain the issues in an easy-to-follow manner. He has always provided a very good and responsive level of service."
"Jim is an excellent adviser who demonstrates a high degree of empathy and emotional intelligence, alongside his technical knowledge. He is highly committed to his clients."
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