Tim Williams

Partner at Burges Salmon

Speaker

Tim is a partner in the private client team and specialises in tax, estate planning and trust work.

He advises a broad range of clients, including trustees, entrepreneurs, landed estates and families. Tim's work covers complex succession planning, capital gains tax and inheritance tax issues, and wealth and asset structuring.

He also works with a number of family business, in particular land management and farming businesses, to advise on succession and tax structures, including partnerships, trusts and companies.

His work with landowners includes advising on the taxation and structuring of strategic land holdings and development sales, with a particular focus on equalisation arrangements in multi-landowner deals.

He also advises the owners and managers of sporting estates on the establishment and management of sporting clubs for the purposes of the VAT exemption.

Tim is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and regularly speaks at conferences and events.

He is also a co-host of 'Death and Taxes', the private client podcast from Burges Salmon.

Tim was named by the Legal 500 in 2022 as a Rising Star in both Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate, and Agriculture and Estates.