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Quarmby James

James Quarmby

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James Quarmby is a leading UK private client lawyer, renowned for his expertise in taxation, asset protection, and succession planning.

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Awards and Recognition

Leading Partner: Personal tax, trusts and probate
The Legal 500, 2025

"James Quarmby is at the top of his game - his differentiator is that although he is technically brilliant, he speaks plainly and not in legal jargon. This makes him extremely approachable and means the advice he gives is always clear and easily understood."
The Legal 500, 2024

“…becoming a legend of the private wealth space because of his astute awareness of the environment in which we operate, which allows him to provide such relevant and effective advice."
Chambers & Partners HNW, 2024

 

50 Most Influential Private Wealth practitioners
Eprivateclient

Biography

Language - English
Jurisdiction - England & Wales

James Quarmby is a leading UK private client lawyer, renowned for his expertise in taxation, asset protection, and succession planning. He has a wide-ranging practice, advising on UK and international taxation, residency and domicile, offshore pensions and trusts, asset protection, succession planning, and HMRC disputes.

James frequently appears in the press and broadcast media, featuring across outlets such as Newsnight, BBC Breakfast, BBC News, BBC World Service TV, Sky News, Bloomberg TV, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4 (including the Today programme), BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC World Service, LBC, Times Radio, and numerous print media quotes. He writes and lectures widely on tax policy.

Recognised across the private wealth sector for his expertise, James has been included in eprivateclient's "50 Most Influential" list for nine years running. He also features in the Private Client Global Elite and Spear's Tax & Trusts Indices. Ranked as a Leading Individual in the Legal 500, he is acknowledged by the Chambers HNW guide in both the Private Wealth Law and Family Offices & Funds Structuring categories. James was named Tax & Trusts Lawyer of the Year at the 2022 Spear's Wealth Management Awards.

In addition to being a solicitor regulated by the SRA, James is a Registered Tax Technician, regulated by the Association of Tax Technicians (ATT). He is an active member of STEP and a contributing editor for LexisNexis.

EXPERTISE

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