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The Legal 500 UK 2021: Payne Hicks Beach ranked Tier 1 Leading Firm

Payne Hicks Beach is proud that the firm continues with its ranking as a Top Tier Firm in Family and sees the firm recognised as a Leading Firm in 17 other ...

Payne Hicks Beach is named an eprivateclient Top Law Firm for 2020

Payne Hicks Beach has been named as one of the 2020 eprivate Top Law firms in the UK. The eprivateclient Top Law Firms list recognises the best private client ...

Payne Hicks Beach top ranked in Chambers High Net Worth 2020

Chambers & Partners has published the 2020 edition of their High Net Worth (HNW) Guide and Payne Hicks Beach is delighted to be top-ranked (Band 1) in Family: High Net Worth and ...

Payne Hicks Beach Lawyers listed in Citywealth Leaders List 2020

We are delighted that lawyers from our Citizenship & Immigration, Dispute Resolution, Family, Private Client and Privacy & Media Law departments are listed in the Citywealth Leaders ...

The Spear’s 500 2020: Payne Hicks Beach lawyers listed

We are proud that our leading lawyers from our speclialist practice areas of Family, Property, Private Client, Contentious Trusts & Probate, Privacy & Media Law, Landed Estates & Agriculture ...

Payne Hicks Beach Partners named in Legal Week Private Client Global Elite 2019

Payne Hicks Beach Partners, Robert Brodrick, Frederick Bjørn and Richard Manyon, have been named as "Global Elite" in Legal Week's Private Client ...

Payne Hicks Beach Lawyers listed in Citywealth Leaders List 2019

We are delighted that lawyers from our Citizenship & Immigration, Family, Private Client and Privacy & Media Law departments are listed in the Citywealth Leaders List 2019.  This ...

Fredrick Bjørn speaks at the AIJA Half-Year Conference 2019

Frederick Bjørn, Partner in the Private Client department, attended the AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers) Half-Year Conference in Hong Kong from 22 to 24 May 2019. Frederick sat as a ...

Spear’s 500 2019 Directory: Payne Hicks Beach lawyers listed

We are delighted that our leading lawyers from our Family, Property, Private Client, Contentious Trusts & Probate, Privacy & Media Law and Citizenship & Immigration departments are ...

Legal Week Private Client Global Elite 2018: Payne Hicks Beach Partners listed

We are delighted to announce that Robert Brodrick, Frederick Bjørn and Richard Manyon, Partners at Payne Hicks Beach have been named in the Legal Week Private Client Global ...

The Legal 500 UK 2017: Payne Hicks Beach ranked Tier 1 Leading Firm

Payne Hicks Beach is pleased to announce that the firm has been ranked as a Top Tier Firm in Family and a Leading Firm in 14 other practice areas, together with 7 ...

Legal Week Private Client Global Elite 2017: Payne Hicks Beach lawyers named

Payne Hicks Beach has four of its Partners named in the Legal Week Private Client Global Elite list out of 200 private client lawyers from around the world. Named Lawyers: Frederick ...

Payne Hicks Beach top ranked in Chambers HNW 2017

Payne Hicks Beach has been top ranked in 5 different practice areas, with 14 lawyers being individually ranked in Chambers High Net Worth 2017 Guide. Independent and research-based, the Chambers HNW guide recognises ...

Payne Hicks Beach’s private wealth and trusts experts to speak at International Trust and Private Client conferences in Guernsey and Jersey

The Private Wealth sector is facing an almost unprecedented set of challenges born from the global crisis, political uncertainty, economic restrictions, digital disruption and regulatory restraints. The International Trust and ...

Payne Hicks Beach private wealth expert hosts Intelligence Forums Round Table

Private wealth expert Freddie Bjorn hosted the Intelligence Forums Round Table at Payne Hicks Beach offices on 12th May 2022.    Freddie was joined by a range of interesting speakers ...

UK Domiciled vs NonDom status – a guide to rules and tax implications

Over the past couple of weeks the UK Government and an assortment of commentators and journalists have been grappling, often unsuccessfully, with the concept of domicile and its implications.  ...

“Pre-Arrival” Tax Planning for those seeking to become UK resident

As part of our fortnightly Private Wealth Planning series Frederick Bjorn looks at “Pre-Arrival” Tax Planning for those seeking to become UK resident. When will I become ...

Don’t start with the tax - successful family succession planning

The pandemic has caused many of us to re-evaluate our lives, and this has been particularly true in the family business sector. Some businesses have thrived in the chaos, others ...

Barriers to succession planning - Boom to bust in three generations

In his recent article for ThoughtLeaders4Private Client Magazine, first published in November 2021 and reproduced with kind permission, Frederick Bjørn, Partner at Payne Hicks Beach’s highly ...

Legal 500 UK 2022: Payne Hicks Beach ranked Tier 1 Leading Firm

Payne Hicks Beach is proud to continue with its Top Tier ranking in Family and is recognised for the first time in the Legal 500 UK as Top Tier in Contentious ...

Informa: International Trust & Private Client Jersey & Guernsey 2021

Payne Hicks Beach’s Frederick Bjorn and Jessica Henson are speaking at Informa's International Trust & Private Client Jersey and Guernsey 2021 conferences on 28 and 30 September 2021. ...

Informa: US/UK Tax Planning

Private client partner Frederick Bjørn is speaking at Informa's US/UK Tax Planning 2021 London conference on 23 September. Frederick joins some of the US and UK's ...

Double first for Payne Hicks Beach in Chambers High Net Worth 2021 rankings

In the recently published 2021 edition of the Chambers High Net Worth Guide, Payne Hicks Beach is proud to receive a Band 1 ranking for both its Defamation/Reputation Management: High Net ...

Informa Connect: Planning considerations for those looking at a move to the UK

Frederick Bjørn, Partner in the Private Client department at Payne Hicks Beach is speaking at the Informa Connect Cross Border Planning International 2021 webinar on 25 to 27 May 2021. Frederick  ...

Payne Hicks Beach Partners named in Global Elite 2021

Payne Hicks Beach is pleased to announce that Partners Robert Brodrick, Frederick Bjørn, Richard Manyon, Martin Paisner CBE and Jessica Henson have been selected for the Global ...

Payne Hicks Beach lawyers listed in The Spear’s 500 2021

We are proud that our leading lawyers from our specialist practice areas of Family, Private Client, Contentious Trusts & Probate, Privacy & Media Law, Property, Landed Estates & Agriculture ...

An analysis of the OTS Capital Gains Tax report - Frederick Bjørn for Lexis Nexis

Analysis of the Office for Tax Simplification's (OTS) report on Capital Gains Tax (CGT) by Frederick Bjørn, Partner in the leading Private Client ...

How can we reduce the tax burden on a property given to us? Frederick Bjørn for the Financial Times

Commentary by Frederick Bjørn, Partner in the leading Private Client department at Payne Hicks Beach, on the inheritance tax implications when standing ...

First fall in IHT receipts in over a decade likely to add pressure to calls for tax reform

Commentary by Frederick Bjørn, Partner in the leading Private Client department at Payne Hicks Beach, on the first fall in a decade of ...

Must I pay two lots of taxes if I move back to the UK?

Answer by Frederick Bjørn, Partner in the Private Client department, to the Financial Times reader question on UK and US taxes for dual citizens, ...

Citywealth 60 second interview: Frederick Bjørn

Interview with Frederick Bjørn, Partner in the Private Client department at Payne Hicks Beach, first published in Citywealth online on 28 May 2019 and reproduced ...

Fiscal ferment

Comments by Frederick Bjørn, Partner in the Private Client department at Payne Hicks Beach, first published online in The Law Society Gazette on 4 June 2018 and reproduced ...

Client’s rarely make money overnight

Citywealth Weekly Interview given by Frederick Bjørn, partner in the Private Client department, first published at Citywealth online on 29 September 2017 and is produced with kind ...

Autumn Statement: the City reacts

Comments by Frederick Bjørn, partner in the Private Client department, first published 23 November 2016 in Spear’s Magazine online and is produced by kind permission.  ...

The Right of Scandinavians to Live or Work in the UK Post-Brexit

The result of the EU Referendum vote on 23 June was a shock in so many ways but real concern is being felt by many Scandinavians living or working in the ...

PETS avoid GROB for couple gifting children a boom town flat

Property-rich Helen and John can reduce a potential future IHT bill for their twins by gifting one of their homes to their children using a potentially exempt transfer.  Private ...

An Estate-Planning Sm’rg’sbord

Private Client Partners Alice Palmer and Frederick Bjørn compare the inheritance tax, succession law and matrimonial regimes in Denmark, Sweden and Norway, first published in the ...

Beware the lifetime gifting traps

While there are ways to exploit IHT rules, HMRC has laid traps, Frederick Bjørn, partner in the Private Client department, takes a look in his article, ...

The Tax Doctor: CGT residence rules catch couple out on flat sale

In selling their London flat on moving back to England, John and Joan miss out on CGT relief on the proceeds because their main residence for the past three years ...

IHT Liabilities of non-UK resident domicilaries

Private Client Partners Alice Palmer and Frederick Bjørn consider the scope of the UK Inheritance Tax regime. Gone but not forgotten.... Inheritance Tax liability of ...

Domicile is key for German wife to guard against IHT

Private Client partner Frederick Bjørn considers how a UK national and his German wife can take advantage of spouse exemption to guard against a big IHT ...

Noble daughters celebrate…

Private Client partners Robert Brodrick and Frederick Bjørn consider the proposed changes that would enable the current title holder to make an election that his eldest ...

The Tax Doctor:

Co-ordinated tax planning is vital on non-dom estates The death of an entrepreneur with residency in France and a UK domicile, who failed to take succession planning advice, presents IHT ...

Succession Law Issues for Scandinavians

Succession Law Issues for Scandinavian & Other European Persons Private Client Partners Alice Palmer and Frederick Bjørn summarise some of the issues and emphasise the importance ...

IHT Issues for Norwegians living in the United Kingdom

Private Client Partners Alice Palmer and Freddie Bjørn  summarise some of the traps and planning opportunities     Although the UK is regarded by Norwegians as ...

ATED Returns - a 6 Point Action Plan

Private Client partner Robert Brodrick and Private Client Partner Frederick Bjørn set out the next stpes Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings – a 6 point action plan The ...

UK Statutory Residence Test Introduced - The Ties that Bind

Following the publication of the Finance Act 2013, Private Client Partner Frederick Bjørn and Private Client Solicitor Emily Woods consider the Statutory Residence Test for individuals, and ...

Taxation of High Value UK Residential Property: Home and Dry?

Private Client partner Robert Brodrick and Private Client Associate Frederick Bjørn guide you through the complexities of the legislation. The Finance Act 2013, which received royal assent on 17 ...

Taxation, Taxation, Taxation!

Private Client solicitor Freddie Bjørn considers the recent announcements in the Budget relating to the taxation of UK property held by 'non-natural persons' In its Budget of 21 ...

Gaines-Cooper loses in the Supreme Court

Private Client solicitor Freddie Bjørn considers the impact of the Supreme Court judgment in the Gaines-Cooper case which was handed down on 19 October 2011. Summary of the Facts The ...

Reform of the taxation of non-domiciled individuals

Private Client solicitor Freddie Bjørn considers the recent HMRC consultation document which seeks comment on a variety of proposals aimed at reforming the taxation of non-domiciliaries. On Friday 17 ...

Government issues proposals for a statutory residence test

Christopher Sly, Partner, and Freddie Bjorn, a Solicitor in the Private Client department, summarise the framework of the proposed statutory residence test for individuals. Following the announcement by the Chancellor ...

Inheritance Tax Pitfalls of UK/US Marriages

Two countries separated by a common language and contrasting tax systems - Inheritance Tax Pitfalls of UK/US Marriages Private Client Partner Frederick Bjørn  analyses ...