The Team

Iain Aitken

I am a Private Client solicitor who helps entrepreneurs, international families and high net worth individuals protect and grow their wealth. I specialise in tax advice, succession planning and navigating complex cross-border issues.

Areas of Expertise

Private Client
Estate & Trust Administration
Trust & Tax Planning

Our Service

I am a Private Client solicitor who helps entrepreneurs, international families and high net worth individuals protect and grow their wealth. I specialise in tax advice, succession planning and navigating complex cross-border issues.

Over 15 years in private client work have taught me that what clients really value is clarity in complexity. Whether you are a business owner planning for the next generation, a family with assets across borders, or an individual relocating to or from the UK, I focus on making the path ahead straightforward.

I spend much of my time on tax, trusts and succession planning with an international dimension. That might mean restructuring UK property holdings for overseas families, coordinating with advisers in multiple jurisdictions, or simply helping clients understand their options clearly enough to make confident decisions. I work directly with clients and alongside their family offices — whatever gets the best result.

I am particularly interested in the private client implications of digital assets and emerging technologies, a space that continues to evolve rapidly. 

Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my family, cooking, reading and travelling.

 

Experience

  • Tax advice for a high-profile NFT artist, covering UK tax liabilities on their digital art trade and associated crypto trading activities.
  • Managing complex and high-value UK property de-enveloping cases for leading Middle Eastern families. This involves project-management alongside tax and structuring advice, working with family offices and directly with clients. 
  • Regular trust, tax and succession planning advice for business owners, often with international elements.
  • Advising corporate clients on private-client related issues, such as death-in-service life assurance trusts, and probate procedures/risk management for a peer-to-peer lending company.
  • Cross-border succession and tax planning work for clients with assets in multiple jurisdictions, including individuals who are moving to or leaving the UK.

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