Joe Cobb
High Net Worth Guide 2024
Band 1 : Private Wealth Law
Band 1
About
Provided by Joe Cobb
Practice Areas
Joe Cobb is a Partner and Head of the Private Client Department in JMW’s Manchester Office. His expertise relates to providing tax, estate and succession planning to ultra-high net worth individuals, institutional clients and entrepreneurs, with a focus on owner-managed businesses and corporate vehicles.
He also has extensive experience advising on trust formation and administration, high value and international estate administration, and contentions trusts and estates.
Joe’s experience includes the following:
• Advising as to the restructure and sale of numerous family owned businesses taking into account ownership by family trusts, taxation considerations and the corporate issues which arise.
• Advising high net worth clients as to the formation of Family Investment Companies for tax mitigation.
• Administration of complex, multi-million pound, international and litigious estates.
• Advising non UK resident high net worth individuals on funding the purchase of UK properties and tax efficient structures, including advising on income tax, capital gains tax and inheritance tax implications of purchasing and owning assets personally or through various corporate structures
• Incorporation and registration of a new charitable companies and the establishment and registration of charitable trusts.
Joe is a full member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
Chambers Review
High Net Worth
Joe Cobb advises wealthy individuals and families, including those with significant businesses, on tax and estate planning matters, and is also able to assist with contentious matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Joe Cobb has always provided a super service, providing solutions outside the norm in a friendly but professional manner."
"Joe is the expert's expert. He is also personable, which means that dealing with him is easy and, with his knowledge levels, reassuring."
"Joe is very practical in his advice and thorough in dealing with all my enquiries, which he knows are important to me. His responses are easy to understand, leaving nothing out."
"Joe Cobb has always provided a super service, providing solutions outside the norm in a friendly but professional manner."
"Joe is the expert's expert. He is also personable, which means that dealing with him is easy and, with his knowledge levels, reassuring."
"Joe is very practical in his advice and thorough in dealing with all my enquiries, which he knows are important to me. His responses are easy to understand, leaving nothing out."