Christopher Kerr-Smiley

Womble Bond Dickinson

Christopher Kerr-Smiley is a director specialising in advising private clients in relation to estate planning, including wills, trusts and inheritance tax mitigation.

Below are examples of Christophers experience.

Restructuring of substantial family trusts to achieve tax efficient succession planning.
Pre-sale tax planning for shareholders in private trading companies.
Advising owners of landed estates on inheritance tax mitigation.
Advising non-UK resident trustees on tax efficient distributions to UK resident beneficiaries.
Advising institutional trustees on all aspects of trusteeship, including trustees' duties and powers, claims by beneficiaries and tax planning.
Advising on residence and domicile issues for private clients coming to or leaving the UK, including obtaining favourable domicile rulings from HMRC on behalf of private clients.

In addition, Christopher acts as a trustee for a number of family trusts and is a member of the Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners (STEP).