Scott McKittrick

Associate

Leicester

contact details

• SMcKittrick@hbj-gw.com
• dt: +44 (0) 116 285 9042
• df: +44 (0) 116 285 9001

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Expertise

Estate planning for high net worth individuals including advice for both UK and foreign domiciliaries with multi-jurisdictional issues.

Experience

Scott also works on wills, trusts, probate/estate administration including cross-border estates, inheritance tax, and contentious trust and probate matters.

Successes

Advising on and coordinating the administration of a multi-million pound estate with assets in four different European jurisdictions.

Designing and implementing the documentation for spousal bypass trusts in relation to pension death benefits for a major national firm of independent financial advisers.

Advising on pre-1975 double tax treaties for inheritance tax purposes.

Advising on the domicile status on death of a number of individuals with connections with the UK, and handling the reporting requirements with HM Revenue & Customs.

Interests

Scott enjoys landscape photography, the greater Himalaya and travel to remote places. He is also interested in Tibetan Buddhism, track & field, viticulture and oenology.