Band 1
Band 2
Foreign Expert
Expertise Based Abroad
About
Provided by Salpy Kouyoumjian
Practice Areas
Salpy is a Partner in the Private Client and Tax team. She has a strong international client base and specialises in providing international tax and structuring advice to ultra high net worth entrepreneurs (and the trustees and financial institutions who service them) in relation to their multi-jurisdictional private and business assets. She has extensive expertise in advising clients on international and cross border taxation, long-term asset protection/risk management and family/business governance. Salpy has considerable experience in designing and establishing bespoke international asset-holding and wealth management structures including private trust companies, limited partnerships, family offices, pooled investment vehicles and investment management/advisory structures.
Salpy has extensive expertise in establishing family offices (single and multi) in numerous jurisdictions and collective investment vehicles to help families or small groups of investors to pool their investments.
Salpy also has extensive expertise in Sharia compliant wealth structuring. Salpy is fluent in Arabic, French and Armenian.
Chambers Review
High Net Worth
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 Kouyoumjian is well known for her international tax and estate planning expertise. She works with ultra high net worth individuals across multiple jurisdictions, with a particular focus on the Middle East.
Salpy Kouyoumjian is well known for her international tax and estate planning expertise. She works with ultra high net worth individuals across multiple jurisdictions, with a particular focus on the Middle East.
Salpy Kouyoumjian is a London-based lawyer with an esteemed reputation for advising high net worth clients in the UAE.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"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."
"Salpy is extremely helpful because she is fluent in Arabic - she can effectively communicate complex legalities to clients from the Middle East. This puts her in a different league."
"Salpy is sound on tax private client issues. She is also a quick 'yes or no' person - she doesn't mess around."
"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."
"Salpy is extremely helpful because she is fluent in Arabic - she can effectively communicate complex legalities to clients from the Middle East. This puts her in a different league."
"Salpy is sound on tax private client issues. She is also a quick 'yes or no' person - she doesn't mess around."