Jeremy Robertson

Partner, Private Client

Jeremy has extensive experience of advising both UK domestic and international clients on all aspects of personal taxation, corporate and trust structuring, and family governance.

He works closely with UK entrepreneurs, business owners, executives and their families on capital taxation and succession planning.

Jeremy has particular expertise in advising individuals on the different structuring options available when purchasing UK residential and commercial property and their tax implications.

His areas of expertise also include UK and offshore tax planning (including advising on issues of domicile and the application of the UK statutory residence rules), creating and advising on the tax treatment of excluded property trusts and trust administration.

Jeremy’s practice includes family office work (both in terms of supporting existing family offices and working with clients to develop and build family offices). He also specialises in providing family governance advice to both UK and international clients, which includes putting in place private trust company structures and working with families to prepare family charters and other governance documents.

Jeremy advises on the development and implementation of estate plans for both UK and non-UK resident individuals.

His approach is to provide clients with clear and concise advice and to ensure that their objectives are achieved in a tax efficient manner.

Jeremy is a recommended lawyer in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500.

Jeremy graduated from Durham University with an LLB in Law and completed his LPC at the College of Law in York. He trained at Forsters and qualified in September 2013. He became a partner at Forsters in April 2021. Prior to joining Forsters, Jeremy spent a number of years working for a charity based in Scotland.

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Vineyards & Wineries

Forsters are delighted to be launching our Vineyards & Wineries practice. The cross-departmental team draws upon our strengths from across the firm, a combination of expertise that is rare if not unique in the market. The increasing number of vineyards we look after complements our exceptional book of landed estates, and is testament to our ability to look after landowning clients, whatever their business and whatever challenges they face.