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Joshua Boughton

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Joshua is a Senior Counsel in the Private Client group and acts for ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and trustees.

He advises on a range of matters including wealth structuring, UK taxation, international tax strategies, and estate planning, and has a particular focus on advising clients with US connections and on digital assets. With his extensive experience in both domestic and global contexts, Joshua regularly advises clients on the establishment, administration and restructuring of trusts and other international asset holding structures. 

Expertise

Services and Groups

Private client
Family governance
Global mobility
Private investment & family owned businesses
Trophy assets
Trusts (contentious and non-contentious) and foundations
Wills and succession planning
Private client tax

Sectors

Private wealth
Technology, media & communications
Cryptoassets, blockchain and distributed ledger technology

CV

Since 2024 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2021 - 2024 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2020 - 2021 Senior Associate, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
2017 - 2020 Associate, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
2016 - 2017 Solicitor, Blake Morgan
2015 - 2016 Associate, Berwin Leighton Paisner
2013 - 2015 Trainee Solicitor, Berwin Leighton Paisner
2012 LPC, College of Law (Moorgate)
2011 Law LLB, University of Southampton

Career

Since 2024 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2021 - 2024 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2020 - 2021 Senior Associate, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
2017 - 2020 Associate, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
2016 - 2017 Solicitor, Blake Morgan
2015 - 2016 Associate, Berwin Leighton Paisner
2013 - 2015 Trainee Solicitor, Berwin Leighton Paisner

Education

2012 LPC, College of Law (Moorgate)
2011 Law LLB, University of Southampton

Memberships & Associations

Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

Awards

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