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Elizabeth Nicholas

Managing Associate | Stephenson Harwood LLP

Office Location: United Kingdom

Jurisdiction

England and Wales

Top Specialisms

Estates: Planning

Tax Advisory

Trusts: Planning

Professional Biography

Elizabeth is a partner in the private client team at Penningtons Manches Cooper. Elizabeth advises wealthy individuals on a broad range of UK tax and estate planning matters, focusing in particular on inheritance tax and capital gains tax planning. She has substantial experience in the taxation of UK resident non-domiciled individuals and the cross-border structures used by such clients for wealth protection and tax planning purposes. As such, Elizabeth also regularly advises trustees (both UK resident and non-UK resident) on a range of trust law and UK tax issues. Elizabeth is a member of STEP and has been recommended in The Legal 500. She is also ranked in Chambers High Net Worth.

What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?

The Ivy Asia

What is the book you recommend to everyone?

This year, The Echo Chamber by John Boyne

What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?

With an election looming, almost anything seems possible.