Ravi Francis

Partner

Tel: +442076485262

What can I do for you

Ravi is a private client/tax lawyer acting for a mixture of UK-based and international high/ultra-high net worth clients. His clients include wealthy families and their advisers, owner-managers of family businesses, professional fiduciaries and financial institutions.

Ravi advises on a broad range of subjects, which tend to centre around UK tax law and the law governing trusts and other wealth-holding structures.

Supporting your ambitions

Tax planning (including residency, domicile and double taxation agreements) for clients moving to/ leaving the UK to minimise taxes, including strategic advice on successive "non-dom" reforms.
Advising a rapidly growing multi-million pound business to design and implement holding structures for personal and business wealth. Included advice on the taxation of UK/offshore trusts and companies, and tax reliefs available for business assets.
Supporting individuals, businesses and fiduciaries on UK taxation, and structuring of blockchain-based businesses, personal crypto assets, and succession/estate planning considerations surrounding digital assets.
Supporting the design/implementation of a multi-generational estate plan and governance structure for a UK-based billionaire.

What our clients say about us

I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.
They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.
All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.
I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.

As many clients will testify, too many lawyers deliver the required legal expertise but fail to deliver an outstanding client experience. Which is why we always listen to our clients and constantly ask ourselves what we can do to deliver the results you expect.

You expect a close and attentive working relationship, with a lawyer that is responsive and available when you need them. You also want clear, pragmatic and commercial advice tailored to your needs, and transparency and certainty on costs. We completely agree. That’s why every day, through our culture and approach we are committed to delivering the exceptional results and service our clients expect of us.

Related sectors and services

Private wealth
Private client