International law firm Charles Russell Speechlys has hired David Lingham as a legal director. Mr Lingham has joined from Taylor Wessing where he was senior counsel.
Mr Lingham advises individuals, trustees, private banks and other entities on the establishment and reorganisation of efficient legal structures for the protection of, and succession to, private wealth.
He has particular experience on the UK tax treatment of such structures and reorganisations and also advises on the design and tax-efficient funding of philanthropic arrangements.