Member Profile
Antoaneta Proctor
Partner | Wedlake Bell
Office Location: England and Wales
Jurisdiction
England and Wales, United Arab Emirates
Top Specialisms
Family Office
Trusts: Planning
Tax Advisory
Connect
Professional Biography
Antoaneta is a partner in the Private Client team at Taylor Wessing LLP, specialising in international tax and trusts, family governance and next generation transference, cross-border succession and asset protection. Her practice is truly international and her clients' legal needs straddle practice areas and jurisdictions, typically involving a degree of complexity. Her practice is truly international. An area of focus for Antoaneta includes the carrying out of risk reviews of trust from a tax and/or asset protection perspective, and assisting settlors, beneficiaries and trustees with any restructuring or remedial work required in relation to legacy issues. Antoaneta is the co-author of the UK's best-selling book Generational Wealth: Why 90% of Families Fail to Establish a Lasting Legacy.
Question : What drew you to specialise in private client law/ wealth advisory?
Answer: I enjoy the technical nature of tax and trust advisory work for individuals, but even more so, being the trusted adviser to multi-generational families considering their wealth planning and governance aspirations holistically
Question : For lawyers entering private client law, what are key skills you think are essential?
Answer: Empathy/emotional intelligence, technical excellence and flexibility/adaptability
Question : With the evolving landscape of the private client world, what are recent trends or shifts you are excited to explore?
Answer: Recent tax and legislative changes in the UK have meant that there is much more fluidity in client's intentions for the future, international mobility and the re-purposing of structures. Being at the forefront of advising on and implementing such changes,
Question : Where is your favourite place to take a peer for a cocktail or coffee?
Answer: Coffee is my drink of choice - SHAMAN @ Locke at Broken Wharf or