Offshore Tax Partner joins Forsters

[private]Kelly Noel-Smith has joined Forsters as a partner in the offshore tax and trust team, which has seen rapid growth in the last two years under partners Carole Cook and Patrick Harney. Kelly’s appointment, which takes the number of trust, landed estates and family partners to fifteen, reflects Forsters’ policy of continued expansion for all areas of its private client practice. Kelly is one of seven lawyers joining the private client group this summer.

Kelly joins Forsters from RadcliffesLeBrasseur, where she was head of the private client group. She is the College of Law’s expert on foreign aspects of UK tax law, is on the editorial board of HNW journal and contributes regularly to various tax journals.

Kelly advises settlors, trustees, beneficiaries and the directors of non-resident companies on the implementation of offshore structures and their UK tax consequences. She also acts for English landed estates and has an expertise in heritage property.

Commenting on the appointment, Forsters’ senior partner Guy Jordan said:

“Kelly will be an important addition to our offshore tax and trust team. We are delighted that such a highly regarded expert in this field has chosen to join Forsters. Kelly’s appointment is a further demonstration of our strategy – which is to build on an already strong reputation for advising private clients by attracting new talent and broadening our range.”[/private]