Alexandra Edwards
Associate
Alexandra is an experienced private wealth lawyer who advises international and UK clients on the most complex areas of tax, trusts and succession planning.
Associate
Alexandra is an experienced private wealth lawyer who advises international and UK clients on the most complex areas of tax, trusts and succession planning.
Language - English
Jurisdiction - England & Wales
Alexandra acts for high net worth individuals, trustees and family offices with interests throughout the world.
Clients coming to live or invest in the UK, or who need support with complex trust issues, come to her for advice on navigating the UK legal landscape. She advises on personal and trust taxation matters (including pre-arrival planning), residency issues, estate and succession planning and trust structuring. She supports her clients at crucial times in their lives and businesses with sensitivity and pragmatic advice.
Alexandra also has experience advising on contentious private client issues, including advising individuals on international succession disputes and advising both trustees and beneficiaries on high-value trust disputes.
All of her work involves a cross-border element and she has experience of advising clients with interests in the Middle East, Europe, the US and the Caribbean, and Asia.
Trust structuring
Establishment and continued advice on setting up of multi-family trusts to hold international businesses worth in the £bns.Taxation of trusts
Advice on current and historic UK tax liabilities of non-UK trusts and foundations, including charitable trusts, including negotiating with HMRC to reduce burden.Tax planning
Significant pre-6 April 2025 planning and restructuring for UK resident individuals, including trust restructuring, business and asset sales and residency planning.Inheritance tax and succession planning
Advising on succession planning for high net worth individuals and families, including wills, inheritance tax and the use of trusts.Fund structuring
Supporting high net worth individuals and trusts with use of fund structures, both UK and offshore, including setting up an offshore fund to hold £1bn of assets for multiple family members across multiple trusts
