Ian Watson

Awards and Achievements

Member: Chancery Bar Association; STEP; Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
English Barrister and New York Attorney.

Practised as a New York private client attorney at White & Case (New York) and Bryan Cave (London), and also as a solicitor at Withers LLP (London), prior to coming to the Bar.


Ian Watson read Classics (Honours) and Comparative Literature at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island before taking his JD at Columbia University School of Law in New York in 1992.

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Professional reputation

Prior to coming to the Bar of England & Wales in 2005 he practised in New York at a leading US firm with an international private client practice and in 1997 joined another leading US firm in London, practising as a New York attorney. For several years before transferring to the Bar he was also a solicitor and a partner in a leading international private client firm of solicitors and US attorneys.

Practice

Ian Watson has practised in London since 1997 primarily in the area of trusts, wills and estates and related US and UK taxation, especially in a cross-border context (primarily but not exclusively between the US and the UK).

In addition to undertaking traditional domestic Chancery advice and advocacy in trusts, wills, estates and property, he specialises in personal and tax planning for high-net-worth individuals, families, fiduciaries and financial institutions in the US, the UK and internationally and advises on integrated US/UK estate planning. His practice extends to advising on cross-border tax, reporting and compliance issues with respect to trusts outside the UK or US with beneficiaries or income subject to tax in those jurisdictions.

New York Practice

He maintains an active advisory practice covering New York law in trusts, estates and related private client areas and can often give a general indication with respect to the law in these areas of other US states and make referrals as necessary for more complex advice.

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