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We can provide detailed tax and accounting services to individuals and trusts holding art collections, and regularly advise on the transactions they undertake and tax issues they face. ART COLLECTORS We can provide detailed tax and accounting services to individuals and trusts holding art collections, and regularly advise on the transactions they undertake and tax issues they face. We are experienced in providing advice on complex issues, often involving a number of different tax jurisdictions, and the family and tax issues involved in passing valuable chattels down the generations. We can advise on the structuring of trusts and other holding vehicles for the acquisition and long-term ownership of art and, working with expert valuers, also deal with the tax implications of lease agreements where appropriate. We advise on the international and cross-border aspects of art related transactions, from the complexities of VAT to the remittance and personal tax implications for non-domiciled art collectors resident in the UK. We can also provide IT support for the creation and maintenance of sophisticated databases for art (and other assets) for individual collectors and trusts. We understand that our advice must be tailored to the need of the individual client and that although an asset, art and antiques are primarily there to be enjoyed. Our Specialists

Our strength lies in our people whose expertise and commitment enable us to provide a top quality pro-active tailored service in every office. OUR PEOPLE Search Our strength lies in our people whose expertise and commitment enable us to provide a top quality pro-active tailored service in every office. By forename... Select person... By surname... Select person... By expertise... Select expertise... Reset Filters

Estate planning demands a detailed appreciation of the circumstances of each client and the flexibility to respond to their wishes. Our emphasis on client relationships has enabled us to build a considerable reputation in this area. ESTATE PLANNING Estate planning demands a detailed appreciation of the circumstances of each client and the flexibility to respond to their wishes. Our emphasis on client relationships has enabled us to build a considerable reputation in this area. Regular reviews of the estate and detailed illustrative calculations of potential liabilities keep our clients aware of opportunities available to them, while our international focus allows us to advise clients with assets in multiple jurisdictions. Frequent discussions with the client and the client’s family ensure that we are aware of their wishes as they develop and can act in their best interests. For UK connected clients, the inheritance regime provides excellent opportunities to plan estates and protect family wealth through the use of lifetime gifts, trusts, family limited partnerships and careful consideration of wills. Our expertise in tax planning means that we are an excellent choice for clients wishing to draft their wills in a tax efficient manner. Our partners are also experienced in acting as executors, alone or with family members or lawyers. We have all the necessary experience to deal with the administration of the estate, from the initial application for probate to the final distribution. The close relationships we build up with our clients mean that we can deal effectively with any sensitive family issues that arise. Our Specialists

Great care must be taken with any tax enquiry, however innocent the initial approach. Tax investigations can put significant pressure on an individual or company and expert professional help can keep these pressures to a minimum. PERSONAL TAX INVESTIGATIONS Great care must be taken with any tax enquiry, however innocent the initial approach. Tax investigations can put significant pressure on an individual or company and expert professional help can keep these pressures to a minimum. We have an enviable reputation in this field with both private and corporate clients and Revenue Authorities. Our experience ranges from ad hoc factual enquiries at local level to full scale investigations. We appreciate the difficulties faced by clients under investigation and know how to minimise them. We are used to working with lawyers, where necessary, and can provide forensic accounting skills. We are used to negotiating with Revenue Authorities up to the highest levels. We can ensure that a client’s exposure to liabilities, interest and penalties are kept to a minimum and that any investigation is dealt with quickly and efficiently. Our Specialists

LEGAL Rawlinson & Hunter International is a grouping of independent firms with members throughout the world. It is not a legal entity in its own right and does not offer professional services in its own name. Each independent member of Rawlinson & Hunter International is a separate firm. These firms are not members of one international partnership or group, or otherwise necessarily legal partners or members with each other, nor is any one firm responsible for the services or activities of any other. Firms in certain jurisdictions offer services through a partnership structure or through the medium of limited liability vehicles, or both, depending on the nature of services offered. The partners and directors of each of the firms within the Rawlinson & Hunter grouping pride themselves on the shared ethos and quality of advice given across the Rawlinson & Hunter grouping. As a result, use is made throughout this website of the expressions “our” and “we” in reference to the service provided by each of the Rawlinson & Hunter firms. This should not be construed as Rawlinson & Hunter International existing as a single entity. Although the firms carry the same name, there is no common ownership among the firms of Rawlinson & Hunter International. This website is designed for the information of readers. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, information contained on the site may not be comprehensive and readers should not act upon it without seeking professional advice. The application and impact of the laws can vary widely from case to case, based upon the specific or unique facts involved. Accordingly, the information in this site is not intended to serve as legal, accounting, financial or tax advice. Users are encouraged to consult with professional advisers at their local Rawlinson & Hunter International office for advice concerning specific matters before making any decision. A list of legal partners and directors of that office can only be obtained from that office and nothing in this website shall imply that any other persons mentioned herein are partners or members of that office.

Tax issues are often of fundamental importance in structuring a financial settlement on divorce. This is particularly so when one or both of the parties is resident but not domiciled in the UK for tax purposes. MATRIMONIAL DISPUTES Our specialist matrimonial team undertakes: Tax and trust advice Valuation & expert witness services Assistance with asset scheduling, including Form E Tax and Trust advice Tax issues are often of fundamental importance in structuring a financial settlement on divorce. This is particularly so when one or both of the parties is resident but not domiciled in the UK for tax purposes. Our approach is to ensure pertinent tax issues are identified at the outset and not on the steps of the Court. Our aim is to find solutions to tax problems which will prove robust in the face of potential HMRC challenge and which are tailored to the particular needs of our clients. Valuation and expert witness services Members of our team have acted as experts in relation to matrimonial proceedings of all sizes and routinely give evidence in Court. They act both as independent or single joint experts and have experience in contentious and collaborative proceedings as well as in mediation cases. Our valuation and forensic skills, when linked with our trust and international tax structuring expertise, are particularly effective in matrimonial proceedings with international or offshore dimensions. Assistance with asset scheduling, including Form E Compiling the necessary forms and supporting schedules in relation to a divorce can be a time consuming process and comes at a point when the parties to the divorce will inevitably be concentrating on other matters. We can assist in collating information, carry out initial valuations of business assets and, if requested, assist in the completion of the necessary paperwork. Our Specialists Andrew McCallum Senior Partner E: andrew.mccallum@rawlinson-hunter.ch T: +41 0(22) 901 00 12 View bio... William Houseley Partner E: William.Houseley@rawlinson-hunter.ch T: +41 44 227 6716 View bio... Leon Keen Partner E: leon.keen@rawlinson-hunter.ch T: +41 (0)44 227 6700 View bio...

Whether you are moving into or out of the UK or any of the other jurisdictions in which we operate, we can advise you as to how to achieve your relocation in a tax efficient manner. DOMICILE & RESIDENCE Whether you are moving into or out of the UK or any of the other jurisdictions in which we operate, we can advise you as to how to achieve your relocation in a tax efficient manner. Ideally we would like to be involved before your relocation takes place, enabling us to explore the opportunities and issues that your relocation may present at a time when issues can most easily be addressed. Our unrivalled experience of trusts and international tax planning ensures that we are ideally placed to advise you on your relocation. Our Specialists

OUR PEOPLE Search Our strength lies in our people whose expertise and commitment enable us to provide a top quality pro-active tailored service in every office. By forename... Select person... By surname... Select person... By expertise... Select expertise... Reset Filters Andrew McCallum Senior Partner +41 0(22) 901 00 12 andrew.mccallum@rawlinson-hunter.ch Andrew is Senior Partner of the Swiss firm, leading both the Zurich and Geneva offices and having responsibility for the oversight of the Swiss firm’s trust, corporate administration, accounting and audit services. Andrew is a bilingual private client and corporate services partner with 25 years Swiss and international experience at board, trustee and audit committee level on trusts, foundations, companies, family offices and not-for-profit entities. He specialises in both private client and corporate services, including estate planning and the establishment and ongoing administration of complex international trust and foundation structures, private trust companies and purpose trusts. In addition to being trustee on family trusts, Andrew undertakes the accounting and auditing of trusts and underlying entities for other trustees and family offices. Andrew is a Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland), an authorised “expert-auditor” in Switzerland, a qualified Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) and holds an MBA. Andrew sits on several industry leading boards and committees at the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), the Swiss Association of Trust Companies (SATC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). He is currently Chair of the Swiss and Liechtenstein STEP Federation (2018-present), is Treasurer and Committee member of both STEP Geneva (2010-present) and the Swiss Association of Trust Companies (2018-present), is a member of the STEP Worldwide Governance Committee (2021-present) and is the Vice Chair of the Audit and Risk Commission of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2009-present). Previously, he was member of STEP Worldwide Professional Standards Committee (2013-2020). Andrew is fluent in English and French, and is a dual British-Swiss national. He is a regular speaker at conferences and training courses and publisher of articles, and he has been called upon to provide expert evidence to Court in the area of private client financial statements and business analysis. Expertise