Service non-resident

Non-Residents - Using Sykes Anderson

We advise individuals on their tax position when leaving the UK. We regularly advise on moves to Monaco, France, Switzerland, Portugal, Malta and Cyprus. Many of our clients are successful entrepreneurs and we understand their special needs.

Our advice is always tailored to your circumstances and deals in particular with the following aspects:

• a detailed assessment of how to go about becoming non-resident in the UK, particularly in light of HMRC's tightened approach to this in recent years;
• a full analyse of the tax position in the jurisdiction you are moving to - we will travel to the jurisdiction if thought worthwhile;
• looking at how best to structure any income and gains you will receive after moving including trust arrangement in tax havens;
• advice on the application of any relevant double tax treaty;
• ways of continuing to manage UK assets and businesses;
• considering your overall inheritance tax strategy when leaving the UK and how you might structure your affairs to reduce the tax exposure on your estate.

It is important to look at practical issues, as well as tax advice, in these scenarios including the necessary steps for establishing your residency position. We work closely with local advisors when required and have an extensive network of contacts with professionals in these jurisdictions. We will deal with relocations to new jurisdictions and can draw on our experience in other countries to assist when this is the case.

In all cases, we have a meeting with you at our offices where we go through our advice in detail, giving you the opportunity to raise any questions about areas of concern to you. This advice is then confirmed to you in a comprehensive written report. Complete confidentiality is guaranteed.

We understand you will want to continue using your existing team of lawyers and accountants (invariably much bigger firms than Sykes Anderson) and we will not irritate you by trying to cross sell other legal services. Instead we will work cooperatively along side your other advisers to make sure you are looked after and nothing falls between the cracks.

If you have any questions please contact David Anderson, Graeme Perry or Nicole Gallop Mildon in our tax department.

The Team

David Anderson Solicitor & chartered tax adviser

Fluent in French, David deals with:-

• International tax mainly involving France, Monaco and Switzerland
• French, Monegasque and Swiss property including property finance
• Project management of very high value property purchases in French speaking countries usually involving several jurisdictions and complex finance and ownership structures
• Offshore trusts investing into France
• Wealthy UK individuals leaving the UK tax net
• Tax on inward investment and relocation to the UK

David Anderson was admitted as a solicitor in 1985. He is a co-founder of Sykes Anderson. David is also a Chartered Tax Adviser (UK).

Graeme Perry Solicitor

Graeme specialises in the tax aspects of our work, particularly analysis of double tax treaties. He has a strong analytical approach to high value tax work and extensive experience in devising tax efficient structures for UK and French assets. His work involves the negotiation and implementation of major transactions in France and the UK including high value property purchases, company acquisitions/disposals and the financing of private jets. Graeme is a solicitor and fluent in French. He joined Sykes Anderson in 2007. His law studies were at the University of East Anglia, the College of Law, London and in Lyon.

Nicole Gallop Mildon Solicitor & clerc de notaire

Nicole deals with French property and private client issues in France, the UK and other jurisdictions. Her particular area of expertise is in cross border issues and the interaction between different jurisdictions. Her work involves the negotiation and drafting of contracts for property purchases of all kinds including residential, commercial, rural and specifically agricultural. She has extensive experience of structuring transactions to meet clients personal and tax needs and can advise on a variety of French corporate structures.

Having worked in a large firm of notaires in Paris as a clerc de notaire/notaire stagiaire, Nicole joined Sykes Anderson in 2008. Nicole has degrees in both English and French Laws from Kings College London and Université de Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne. She has studied French notarial law at postgraduate and professional level. She completed her UK legal training at the College of Law in both Guildford and London. A qualified solicitor, she is bilingual in English and French.