Ed Powles

Ed advises on a range of private client and commercial trusts work. He works with financial institutions, private clients, family offices, trustees and beneficiaries on complex UK and international trust law issues, personal taxation, and estate planning. Ed has considerable experience in complex trust law issues, including drafting bespoke family and commercial trusts for a range of clients. He also advises UK and international individuals on UK personal tax, including residence, domicile, the remittance basis, pre-arrival planning and inheritance tax. He also advises charity trustees, those who transact with charities and donors on charity law and philanthropy, including the creation of charities. Having obtained his MA and LLM from Cambridge University, Ed trained at Allen & Overy LLP. He has featured in Citywealth’s Leaders List for many years, was awarded a "Top 35 under 35" award by Private Client Practitioner in 2009, and was shortlisted for the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners' "Young Practitioner of the Year" award in 2013.