Trusts on divorce

Our nationally renowned team combine a deep technical knowledge with clear, practical guidance, expertly handling both onshore and offshore arrangements.

We have unmatched experience in advising on the impact of divorce on a trust.  Recent examples of our work include:

• Advising in one of the largest cases ever brought in the High Court which involved a complex structure of trusts and companies. Representing the beneficiaries of trusts that were under attack, our advice ensured a successful defence, enabling the trusts to continue to provide financial support for future generations.
• Providing detailed advice on the tax consequences of extracting capital from trusts which provided the key to unlock a financial settlement where the trust assets included shares in property development companies and farms.
• Regularly advising trustees about wealth protection strategies for the next generation, helping them to preserve family assets and businesses with pre-nups and post-nups and family investment company structures.
• Successfully representing the interests of the trustees of a substantial land holding and farming business in a divorce involving a trust beneficiary, helping to structure a financial settlement that achieved our clients’ aim of avoiding the trust from being broken up.

We help and advise a wide range of clients including:

• families looking to protect wealth for future generations
• family offices and professional trustees
• couples who are divorcing, where one or both spouses are the beneficiaries of a trust

We also regularly advise foreign lawyers and act as consultants for other English lawyers providing them with technical expertise and practical advice.