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Phyllis Townsend is Partner in the Wealth Management practice in London, Chair of the EMEA Wealth Management Steering Committee and a member of the Firm's Global Wealth Management Steering Committee. Phyllis works with clients on a broad range of wealth management matters, including those with a particular focus on investment structuring. Phyllis is listed in Chambers HNW Guide, Legal 500 and Legal Week's "Private Client Global Elite - Ones to Watch". Phyllis is a member of the Founding Committee of Thought Leaders 4 Private Client Next Gen Wealth. Phyllis joined in 2012 from Rothschild Wealth Management & Trust where she was legal counsel in London and Zurich.

On 6 March 2024, the current government (led by the Conservative Party) announced a number of significant changes to the way in which UK tax resident non-UK domiciled (RND) individuals will be taxed in future. These changes are expected to take effect from 6 April 2025. In this alert we provide a recap of the reforms announced by the current Conservative government, and an overview of the further changes that the Labour Party has said it will introduce if elected.

On 6 March 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered his Spring Budget.
This contained a number of significant tax changes relevant to our clients, including changes to the way in which UK tax resident non-UK domiciled individuals will be taxed in future and a new advantageous tax regime for individuals becoming UK tax resident.
These changes are very significant and we recommend clients take immediate advice on the potential implications for them and their structures.

On behalf of Baker McKenzie’s Global Wealth Management Practice Group we are delighted to share with our clients, friends, colleagues and readers from around the world the Second Quarter 2023 issue of the Private Wealth Newsletter.
This edition features articles on a variety of relevant recent developments in the private wealth space including new Mandatory Disclosure Rules in the United Kingdom.

On 22 November 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union, sitting as the Grand Chamber, rendered a landmark decision on the validity of the Luxembourg provisions of the law of 13 January 2019, establishing the register of beneficial owners and implementing the EU anti-money laundering directives. According to the CJEU, the provision, whereby the information on the beneficial ownership of companies incorporated within the territory of the member states is accessible in all cases to any member of the general public, is invalid.