Penningtons Manches loses private client partner Andrew Godfrey to Russell-Cooke

Russell-Cooke has grown its private client practice with the hire of partner Andrew Godfrey.

Andrew joins from Penningtons Manches where he led the charity and Italian sectors in their London private client department. He advises families, individuals, charities and corporate entities on all aspects of private client law including estate planning, wills and administration, cross-border issues, tax planning and regularisation of tax affairs, as well as establishing charities and providing on-going advice.

His practice includes UK based clients and those with international affairs.

Representative experience includes:

– regularising clients tax affairs in cross-border situations, involving Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility and UK/Swiss Agreement;
– cross-border estate planning – succession and tax issues with a particular focus on Italy and the US;
– UK resident non-UK domiciled capital tax planning and remittance basis issues, for example restructuring of property holding companies further to ATED introduction;
– UK estate planning, including business property relief, agricultural property relief and heritage property relief;
– Wills;
– trust advice, involving large family trust structures, onshore and offshore;
– administration of estates;
lasting Powers of Attorney, living wills and healthcare proxies, including in cross-border situations.

Andrew is fluent in Italian, is the treasurer and committee member of the British Italian Law Association; and is also a member of ATT (Association of Tax Technicians), STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) and the Charity Law Association.

Richard Frimston, partner and head of the private client group, commented “Andrew’s expertise not only strengthens our cross-border offering but his experience and character will also ensure our professional and bespoke service to clients remains second to none”.