Private client legal & tax advice
Protect your plans at home and abroad
Specialist legal and tax advice for wills, estates, tax planning and cross-border assets, with clear support for the issues that can come with owning property overseas.
Plan across borders
Make your legal and tax planning work together
Owning property or other assets overseas can add another layer to wills, inheritance, tax and estate administration. Advice that only looks at one part of the picture can leave you coordinating several professionals yourself.
The Burnside Partnership specialises in private client legal and tax work, including cross-border matters. Their advisers can look at UK and overseas assets together and, where another jurisdiction needs local input, work with local advisers to help keep the planning coordinated.
Worth knowing: if you hold assets abroad, your will and estate planning may need to work across more than one legal and tax system. A cross-border review can help identify where local advice is needed and bring the moving parts together.
How they can help
Private client advice for the decisions that connect
The team brings legal and tax expertise together, so you can get advice on connected issues without treating each decision in isolation.
- Cross-border wills and estate planning
- Inheritance Tax planning for UK and overseas individuals
- Capital Gains Tax and Income Tax planning
- Probate and estate administration, including cross-border estates
- Lasting Powers of Attorney and cross-border protective planning
- Trusts and trust administration
- Tax compliance and tax health checks
- Wills, trusts and inheritance disputes
Frequently asked questions
Planning for assets in more than one country
Can The Burnside Partnership help if I own assets outside the UK?
Yes. The firm advises on cross-border succession, capacity and tax issues, including wills and estate planning for people with assets in the UK and abroad. Where advice is needed in another jurisdiction, they can work with local advisers.
Can they advise on tax as well as legal matters?
Yes. Their private client tax work includes Inheritance Tax, Capital Gains Tax and Income Tax planning for UK and overseas individuals, as well as succession, exit and retirement planning and personal tax compliance.
Can they help with probate where an estate includes overseas assets?
Yes. The firm advises on complex cross-border estates and estate administration. Its probate team also says it regularly helps where clients have holiday properties or other assets abroad and can liaise with lawyers in other jurisdictions.
Do they offer specialist support for UK and Spanish matters?
Yes. Their Spanish Desk provides Anglo-Spanish legal and tax support. Published services include cross-border estate planning, international probate, UK and Spanish powers of attorney, Spanish property transactions, residency assistance and cross-border tax advice.
Talk through your plans
Start with the part that matters most to you
Tell us what you are planning, whether that is buying or holding property overseas, reviewing your will, sorting an estate or understanding the tax position. We will pass your enquiry to The Burnside Partnership so the right specialist can follow up.
Your Overseas Home’s introduction service is free to use. We can also help you find support with legal checks and currency, while giving you straightforward guidance as you move your overseas plans forward.
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