Lawrence Adair

Lawrence has over 25 years’ experience advising private clients on tax planning. This has covered a wide range of complex tax issues, mainly in relation to capital gains tax, inheritance tax and residence and domicile. This has included the use of UK and non-UK trusts for a range of purposes, UK property tax planning using offshore structures, the use of family investment companies and disclosures under the worldwide disclosure facility.

Early in his career Lawrence worked in a number of established Edinburgh-based accountancy firms, including Chiene & Tait. He moved to London in 2013 to join Gabelle and then worked for a number of top 50 London accountancy firms including H W Fisher and Moore Kingston Smith.

Lawrence has been a member of the Chartered Institute of Tax since 2000 after achieving first time CTA and ATT passes (also gaining a distinction and the Ivison Medal for the highest mark in the personal taxation paper). Since 2015 he has also been a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.