Overview
Simon Goldring advises clients on a wide range of international private wealth and tax matters. He acts for a variety of clients ranging from high net worth individuals, family offices and entrepreneurs to multi-national corporations both in the UK and internationally including South Africa, Latin America, the Far East and the Middle East.
Simon undertakes all types of private client work including the preparation of wills, powers of attorney, domestic trusts and income and capital tax planning. Internationally, Simon advises on residence and domicile planning and structuring both inbound and outbound. From a corporate perspective, he advises on the tax structuring of companies both domestic and international including tax efficient exit strategies for business owners. Simon has worked at various prominent international firms based in the UK and has been head of multiple private client and tax practices.
Simon is a highly credentialed tax lawyer receiving an Advanced Diploma in International Taxation (ADIT) and holds honors as a Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA) and trust and estates practitioner (TEP).
Results
- Represented a number of high profile clients in several UAE jurisdictions in relation to their international structuring
- Structured the European arm of a Latin American family office with assets of over $260million
- Structuring of UK residential property portfolios for ultra-high net worth Middle Eastern clients with property values in excess of £30million
- Advising in relation to the offshore financial structuring for a ultra-high net worth Canadian family of circa $100million
- Domicile and residence planning and offshore structuring for many ultra-high net worth South African families prior to them arriving in the UK
- Acting as the executor and trustee of many UK estates and trusts of high net worth individuals
- Inheritance tax planning for high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals in relation to their worldwide assets
- Advising on the international structuring of a number of Russian ultra-high net worth families including ownership of UK assets
- Sharia trust planning for ultra-high net worth families
Recognitions
- Chambers High Net Worth 2019 to 2022, UK: Private Wealth Law
- The Legal 500 UK, Leading Individual – Private Client: Personal tax, trusts and probate, 2020 and 2023
- Private Client Global Elite 2019, Legal Week
Community
- Member of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners)
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation
Credentials
Education
Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives, Solicitors Exams
Law Society, Solicitor
Institute of Taxation, Advanced Diploma in International Taxation (ADIT)
Institute of Taxation, Fellow of the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT)
Institute of Taxation, Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA)
Admissions
England and Wales
