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Louise Stoten has been awarded a Magic Circle award for: Outstanding Individual of the Year
And we were runner up for:Industry Newcomer of the Year
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of Vanessa Kemp as a Partner with the Firm with effect from 1st November 2011.
We are delighted to announce that senior associate Vanessa Kemp has been included in Private Client Practitioner's Top 35 Under 35. The Top 35 Under 35 is designed to identify, recognise, promote the top 35 female and top 35 male rising stars of the private client professions including lawyers, accountants and other professional advisers
A new statutory residence test has been proposed with effect from 6 April 2012. A consultation period commenced on 17 June 2011 and proposed rules published. For a number of years there has been considerable uncertainty whether a person is or is not resident in the UK so more certain rules are indeed welcome. Do the proposed rules achieve this?
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In 2006 the Citywealth Magic Circle Awards were launched. The Awards bring together the industry’s global elite representing over 100 organisations including the leading law firms, trust companies, family offices, investment managers and bankers in the private wealth sector.
The winners of the 2011 Awards were announced at the Citywealth Magic Awards and Leaders List Dinner on 12th May 2011 with over 350 of the leading managers and advisors attending. The dinner was hosted by Gyles Brandreth.
In all we were nominated for five awards:
· Industry Newcomer of the Year
· Outstanding Individual of the Year – Louise Stoten
· Lifetime Achievement – George Francis
· Lawyer of the Year – Louise Stoten
· Woman of the Year – Louise Stoten
New Quadrant Partners was runner up in the category “Industry Newcomer of the Year” and Louise Stoten won “Outstanding Individual of the Year”.
Louise Stoten, Marcus Parker and George Francis all appear on the Citywealth Leaders List 2011.
HMRC will regard you as RESIDENT in the UK if you:
• Are in the UK for 183 days in any tax year
• Come to the UK permanently or indefinitely or for three years or more
• Remain in the UK for at least two years but no more than three years (but you may not be ordinarily resident – see below)
• Work in the UK for an extended period
• Make a series of separate visits and spend 91 days or more in a tax year when averaged over a period of up to three tax years
HMRC should regard you as NOT RESIDENT in the UK if you:
• Make a one off visit
• Are in the UK for a temporary rather than a settled purpose
• Are on holiday
• Work in the UK for a short period
and in all these cases spend less than 183 days in the UK in the relevant tax year.
But in determining your residence status HMRC will also consider the following factors:
• Whether you have been resident in the UK before – if so, did you cease to be UK resident?
• How many days you spend in the UK
• The pattern and regularity of your presence in the UK
• Your family, social and work ties to the UK
• Your accommodation arrangements
HMRC will regard you as ORDINARILY RESIDENT in the UK if you:
• Come to the UK for a settled purpose, for example, to live or work in the UK for three years or more
• If you own or lease accommodation on a long lease of three years or more this is an indication that your presence forms part of a settled purpose – but ownership of the property does not of itself make you ordinarily resident if you dispose of it within three years
• You can still be ordinarily resident even if you leave within three years if, for example, your purpose for being here was settled when you first came here
Day counts
You must count any day spent in the UK if you are here at midnight. You do not need to include days of transit including if you arrive one day and leave the next so long as you do not engage in any activities unrelated to your journey while in the UK. This is HMRC general practice and will not necessarily be appropriate in all cases.
The residence and ordinary residence rules are very complex and the above information is intended to provide broad guidance only. As the interpretation of the rules and the precise time when you first become UK tax resident depends on the facts and your intentions no action should be taken without obtaining tailored tax advice based on your own personal circumstances. This guidance is correct as at 29 March 2011 but the rules may change. In particular, a new statutory residence rule has been proposed and is likely to be introduced with effect from 6 April 2012. This should make it much easier to determine residence status.
For more details in relation to becoming UK tax resident please contact Marcus Parker on +44 20 7430 7181 or at marcus.parker@nqpllp.com
The Budget Speech on 22 March 2011 highlighted some key changes to the tax treatment of UK resident but non-UK domiciled individuals and also provided some long hoped for clarity on the residence rules and on future changes.
The proposed measures which are intended to take effect from 6 April 2012 are as follows:
1. A statutory definition of residence will be introduced. Unlike the position under the current residence “rules” we should be able to accurately identify an individual’s residence status in the future. We do not know what the definition will be yet as there will be a consultation process first which will start in June. We would expect the definition to centre around a day count test.
2. There will be an increase in the annual remittance basis charge from £30,000 to £50,000 for non-UK domiciled individuals who have been resident in the UK for 12 or more of the last 15 years and who wish to claim the remittance basis. The current £30,000 charge remains for those who have been resident in 7 or more of the last 9 years.
3. UK resident but non-UK domiciled individuals will be able to remit, without a tax charge, foreign income or gains to the UK for the purpose of “commercial investment in UK businesses”. It is not yet clear what kind of investment will qualify or the extent of this relief and so we will need to await the legislation.
4. There will be no other substantive changes to the domicile rules for the rest of this Parliament (potentially until 2015). This is important as it obviously gives some greater certainty to non-doms in the UK.
Domicile is a difficult concept and we advise all clients who are maintaining a non-UK domicile to have a formal domicile statement to provide a contemporaneous record of their intentions and the factors which evidence those intentions. This can be invaluable planning should HMRC challenge their status at some point. HMRC are aggressively attacking the domicile status of non-UK domiciled individuals who have been in the UK for a number of years and expats who have left the UK.
For more details of the tax treatment of non-doms and the current residence rules please contact Marcus Parker on +44 20 7430 7181 or at marcus.parker@nqpllp.com
New Quadrant Partners, a multi disciplinary partnership opened its doors for business officially on 1 June. Their first job was to wrestle a shell of a building into a fully functioning office with a deadline of just eight weeks. They have done it and are now ready to take on the private wealth world with a family advisory business which plans to move away from being 'simply a law firm' to offering wider help to wealthy families and uhnw individuals.
Louise Stoten, Marcus Parker and Joan Major are the founding partners with three other principals – Jane Bennett, Zoe Camp and Simon Rees. All are widely respected industry names with Stoten and Parker formerly of law firm PHB and Major from well known family office operation Sand Aire. Stoten explains the reason for their bold move at one of the bleakest economic times in history into a broader family advisory business.
"We felt we wanted to provide a greater wealth advisory offering than a law firm usually does. We want to build on non legal skills and develop back office tax and admin departments which have usually been considered as a secondary area of the business. We think differently and think that looking after uhnw client structures is what ties you into a client relationship and helps it blossom. Joan and I spoke about a family office concept and agreed that we wanted to move away from being transaction led as lawyers mostly are and work on relationship building and helping with the other areas of the lives of wealthy clients. We wanted to expand into family office administration, advisory and working with the succession planning and next generation issues."
Stoten, who is a keen horse racing enthusiast, continues. "We set up as a multi disciplinary partnership and believe we are the first or among the first to do this although we won't be taking on any investment management staff. It's not something we want to offer but we will take on someone to monitor investment management organisations that our clients or trust structures are using. This will be an important area because we have two hundred and fifty trust structures to manage at New Quadrant Partners.
Parker, who headed up a team of thirty at Rickerbys Cheltenham prior to joining PHB, interjects, "we very much felt as though we were in the family office anyway with our experience with clients over the years and wanted independence to work in different ways with clients. We wanted more freedom to work with other lawyers in areas like property and matrimonial that were more beneficial to everyone, which is also the reason for the start up. Also the timing felt right especially as there have been several other breakaway firms in the last year." Stoten, who proudly points out their Nespresso machine, adds. "Yes, it's a good time for boutiques, there is a feeling that uhnw clients need more care and personal attention after the crunch."
Major, who speaks at global conferences regularly on family office topics, confirms the values they want to instil in the growing enterprise, "we would like New Quadrant Partners to be a place where everyone working here enjoys their work and is engaged with the industry and clients. We will operate as a team enjoying what we do."
Major, who has pulled the start up together almost single handedly, has taken New Quadrant Partners from zero to fully fledged operation in eight weeks in a feat of herculean effort which both Parker and Stoten acknowledge. "It was a learning curve." Says Stoten, "of which Joan took the brunt." The three look at each other and laugh in unison.
"Particularly when we arranged for builders to come in and realised we didn't even have wires in the floor for electrics. That was a special moment. Then trying to install technology, office furniture, carpets and telephones as well as manage people was akin to climbing Mount Everest. We are all delighted that it's done and we did it without any disagreements. It was tough moving all of our clients across but we have had such support from peers and clients that somehow it all came together. I think we were glad in a way that our opening and launch co-incided with the quiet summer period. It just gave us some space to get everything right."
"Major explains where they are now. "It's taken until now to get everyone ready but we have twenty eight staff , are fee earning and keen to get out into the market which we've started doing tentatively. We've made a promise to our clients to offer a better service and so we are being careful not to take on too much new business if the staff and systems aren't in place to ensure we stick to our word."
"Stoten adds some detail about their client list and her work. "We have a broad spectrum of clients who are a big mix of old and new money and some have fortunes of £2million and some hundreds of millions. We have some new landed estates and continue to have lots of private equity and hedge fund clients. My work is split fifty-fifty with onshore and offshore and we also have UK res non dom."
Parker explains his portfolio and what sort of clients the firm want to work with. "I deal with the expat market and international cross border issues with a big following in the Cayman islands. It's mainly individuals who have some tie to the UK and need advice or help with cross border tax or legal issues. I also work with Dubai, Bermuda and Hong Kong. My average size client is around the thirty to fifty million mark which is an ideal client. We don't want to offer services to just mega wealthy clients, we want to have a good mix so that the business isn't exposed if a major client decided to leave and also so that staff get a wide range of experience with different uhnw clients."
Major is doing operational work for the start up but after that will be working with one member of NQP staff who is from a big family. They plan to develop a consulting business looking at succession and next generation issues. "Ultimately we plan to use my sixteen years experience in that space." Explains Major.
Developing the theme of their broader work offering, Stoten expands on their direction and internal culture. "We want to work with other family offices and law firms looking at broader work that clients need like buying property, finding a new bank or helping with charities. We also have a personal injury specialist Jane Bennett who works with brain/spine injured patients and who we can then help administer their welfare, housing and offer administrative support. It will be all about delivering service and working on relationships. We understand that underpinning this is looking after our own staff so that they want to look after our business and clients. We don't want staff turnover or enormous expansion Nor do we want departments. We want everything open plan so we can talk openly."
Parker confirms this view. "I want staff to be conscientious and motivated. We have pinpointed that culture is enormously important in making this happen so have decided to expand slowly and carefully and only hire people if each one of us has seen them and are comfortable with the hire. We don't want to take on teams or merge and have agreed that roughly forty people will work for us as an operation. We hope we have a new approach to private client, coming from a different direction. Its not just lawyers running a law firm, it's got an edge."
Major adds a point. "What has been exciting has been building everything from the ground up, even the logo and colours on the wall. We have been able to define who we are and what we want to be." Stoten agrees and says "the multi disciplinary approach is key. I didn't start out as a lawyer, I was in investment management originally, it brings more freedom to us as a business and different opportunities."
What has been the best part of the start up so far?
Parker: "I like sitting down with a small group of partners and being able to talk properly."
Stoten "It's nice to have people on the same page and being very positive. The excitement from peers and clients and endorsement from them has been really overwhelming."
Major. "I agree, the response from everyone wanting to help us has been really heart warming."
The offering
"Everyone should call us", says Stoten, "we are offering an enlightened approach to servicing wealthy individuals. We will have a broad outlook and can talk with and work with most people even other law firms."
Long term plan
Major finishes saying, "we want to be a leading law firm in three years. People know us and what we do and we plan to build on our past reputations and the goodwill that has been offered." They all agree that they want the firm to be enlightened, modern, contemporary but with traditional values at the core.
Diary note: Next Citywealth London event is Thursday May 12th 2011.
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When I envisaged New Quadrant Partners I wanted to create a team with different skills that, together, could service the needs of today's wealthy families. I am a tax lawyer with a very diverse practice, but I started my career in the City just after Big Bang. I spent the first four years working as a private client stockbroker. In 1990 I joined the private client department of a major commercial law firm on their trust management team and qualified as a lawyer seven years later. The last 13 years of my career were at the leading private client firm Payne Hicks Beach, where I became a Partner in 2000. My team and three of my fellow partners moved with me to establish New Quadrant Partners and we all share the vision that wealthy individuals need a broader wealth advisory service than can be provided by the traditional law firm model. My practice is extremely varied. I act for landed estates, business entrepreneurs, and sophisticated investors such as hedge fund managers and private equity principals. Whilst the backgrounds of these clients differ their objectives are often similar - they are seeking ways to maintain and manage family wealth through multiple generations. New clients principally contact me for advice on the most tax efficient way to structure their assets, but our approach is more holistic than pure structuring. We set out a family strategy and work with clients to implement this. Many of my clients are not originally from the UK and have assets and interests all over the world. In addition to our multi disciplinary approach, we work with other professionals both in the UK and abroad to tailor our offering. We put together the best-qualified team to provide for our clients; drawing from our expert associates in banking, investment and property. Whatever the client requirement may be, our selection is always truly independent. |
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I have specialised in private clients and trusts, based both in the UK and offshore, since 1982. This included 24 years advising on private client tax with KPMG, Ernst & Young and PwC. I then spent three years with a private bank, which allowed me to become much more broadly involved with clients' affairs. Whilst there, I gained an investment management qualification and was a director of the bank's UK trust company. I am a member of the judging panel for the Private Asset Managers Awards (PAM). My role at New Quadrant Partners includes overseeing the trust management function. This involves administration and tax compliance, as well as input on client investments. My primary aim is to ensure that the implementation of client planning, and the required reporting, is dealt with efficiently and intelligently. The different elements of my career mean that I can bring a very broad awareness to bear so that what we deliver to clients is informed by an understanding of all the relevant issues. |
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Marcus has been ranked as an “Up and Coming” London based private client lawyer in the 2012 edition of Chambers and Partners, the leading independent global guide to the best law firms and lawyers. The guide notes that the Up and Coming category recognises those lawyers who are at the forefront of their generation. Marcus was also recently included in the 2011 Citywealth Leaders List which recognises leading individuals in the private client wealth industry.
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Our vision for New Quadrant Partners was to establish a firm that would provide quality and informed private client tax and trust advice as well as one that would have the requisite expertise to look holistically at, and respond to, our clients' wider needs. As a non-lawyer partner I have overall responsibility for managing the firm and also work with other team members to advise our clients on the wider issues of wealth structuring, family office establishment, succession planning, family governance, philanthropy and education. I have over 15 years' experience working within family offices, advising wealthy families and individuals. Nearly 10 years of this was spent with Sand Aire, a multi-client family office. My background, and the distinct and relevant experience of others at New Quadrant Partners, makes for a unique approach to dealing with the specific problems that wealthy families face. This breadth of experience gives us the ability to ask the right questions of our clients. We clarify the best structures and arrangements for them whilst building the right relationship to provide long-term support. |
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For the last ten years I have advised families on wealth and succession planning and provided UK tax and trust advice to individuals and trust companies based both within and outside of the UK. My approach to wealth and succession planning is to provide a solution that is not only efficient but is workable when taking into account the personalities, resources and skills of the family members and advisors who will be instrumental in running the family wealth going forward. In recent years and in response to client demand, I have been developing the knowledge and contact base to help families with their philanthropic goals. This covers advice on how to provide funding in the most tax efficient way but increasingly clients require guidance on the practicalities of funding their chosen project. My role as trustee of a large London charity provides me with useful insight into the voluntary sector, including the many voluntary organisations and free services available to assist our clients make the most of their giving. |
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I qualified as a solicitor in 2002 and was promoted to Partner as New Quadrant in 2011. I provide legal expertise in all areas of private client work, including tax, trusts and estates, and wills, both onshore and offshore. I have particular expertise and have worked to build the firm's reputation in advising on personal injury trusts where an individual has suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury predominately through an accident or clinical negligence. A number of the individuals have also suffered a head injury which requires a different approach to providing advice. I work in tandem with the non-legal trust administration team, managing the decisions that need to be made on behalf of the clients, not only including financial payments, but also the appointment of case managers to set up a care package for the client and project managers when properties need to be adapted. In addition, I prepare witness statements where the firm acts as an expert in some of the highest value personal injury claims passing through the Courts and work extensively with some of the leading personal injury firms and counsel in this field. I have given talks on personal injury trusts to leading claimant personal injury firms and barrister chambers. My specialism in representing individuals lacking capacity was strengthened by a secondment to the Office of the Official Solicitor. I am a member of STEP and Solicitors for the Elderly and I was named in Private Client Practitioner's Top 35 under 35 in 2011.
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I have worked closely with Louise Stoten for more than 20 years. For over 35 years I have specialised in the private client field, in particular the administration of landed estates, owned either outright, in trust or settled land, together with trust and tax planning for wealthy landowners and individuals. I continue to act as a trustee of many landed estates and trusts, as well as being a director of trustee companies for such estates. I have also acted for trust beneficiaries in disputes and Chancery proceedings, involving several leading counsel, as well as mediations. I have experience with dealing with the Revenue on Acceptance in Lieu for chattels and have acted as an expert witness for trust and tax purposes, in proceedings involving brain damaged children. I continue to deal with the preparation of wills and have dealt with numerous probate transactions, acting as an Executor in many cases. I am a trustee of several charities and a member of the Board of Barings Common Investment Fund for Charities. |
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I have been working in the private client world since 2000, first as a legal executive and since 2007 as a qualified solicitor. My practice during the last ten years has covered every aspect of private client work from advising on family succession issues to complex international tax planning and offshore structures. My clients now include families, individuals and trustees as well as beneficiaries and settlors of trusts. In recent years my focus has been on advising clients with international and cross border issues helping them through the complex legislation relating to UK resident "non-doms" so as to minimise their exposure to UK tax. I also supervise the probate work which New Quadrant Partners undertakes on behalf of our clients. |
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I undertake both contentious and non-contentious work for UK resident and international clients. Since qualifying in 2005, I have advised a variety of clients in non-litigious matters, including charities and personal estates. I have also worked with sophisticated investors on investment structures. My contentious work has included successful applications to the Jersey Court and the Agricultural Lands Tribunal; I also have significant experience of working alongside family lawyers on provision for children and the position of trusts in matrimonial proceedings. I am a member of STEP (with distinctions in each qualifying exam) and was named by Private Client Practitioner as one of 2010's "Top 35 under 35".  |
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I qualified as a solicitor in 2008 and after a short period in shipping law decided to make the move into private client law where I am fast gaining experience in a variety of different areas, from will preparation and probate to general trust drafting and tax planning. Prior to joining New Quadrant Partners, I worked in marine insurance, ship finance and marine risk dealing with a broad range of local and international clients from Governments to high net worth individuals. As a bilingual French speaker I was also sent on secondments to West Africa and France. |
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I have worked in all areas of private client advising both onshore and offshore clients as to the most tax efficient structures for their wealth and appropriate succession planning. I have also established several charitable trusts and companies and I am enjoying developing this area within New Quadrant Partners. Prior to qualifying as a solicitor at Payne Hicks Beach, I worked as a trading assistant at a hedge fund which has given me valuable experience from another discipline. I speak fluent French following a year working in France whilst at Edinburgh University studying French and History. I am a member of STEP (having gained a distinction in the taxation exam). |
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I work across the practice areas of probate, trusts and charities and have particular experience dealing with Court of Protection matters. I qualified with Payne Hicks Beach prior to which I gained five years legal experience in the City; primarily in private client work but also in the areas of dispute resolution and intellectual property. During part of my training I was seconded to niche litigation firm Stewarts Law. I studied law at the University of Kent and La Universidad Complutense in Madrid, and speak fluent Spanish. |
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I joined New Quadrant Partners in September 2010 having completed the Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School. As a paralegal I provide legal support to the Partners and Associates. As part of my wider role I also provide support for the trust administration team which is increasing my knowledge on various trust matters. The intellectual demands of private client work and its focus on client relationships makes for a rewarding and challenging area of law which I greatly enjoy. I studied history at the University of Leeds and graduated in 2007. |
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I qualified in 2005 and worked in a rural practice specialising in agricultural property and succession before joining a London firm in 2008 to further develop and broaden my skills. During that time my practice included will drafting and broader succession planning, estate administrations and also contentious work including challenging or defending the validity of a will. I have commented widely in the national media on domestic private client issues and I was listed in Private Client Practitioner Magazine's Top 35 Under 35 Practitioners in both 2010 and 2011. I joined New Quadrant in 2011 and advise on succession planning and estate administrations as well as being involved in contentious matters including offshore trust litigation. |
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I joined New Quadrant Partners as a Trust Manager in July 2010 having worked in trust management since 2004. I work on the management of all varieties of trusts including private charitable trusts and personal injury trusts (Section 89 Disabled Persons trusts). This includes preparation of trustee and executor annual accounts, income and inheritance tax returns and monitoring the investments held in trust. I also deal with a number of charitable companies and personal tax returns. I am currently a student member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants in the final stages of my exams. |
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I administer both trusts and deputyships, in particular Personal Injury trusts. My role primarily involves organisation of clients' finances; working with litigating solicitors in cases with ongoing personal injury proceedings and dealing with trust accounting and tax returns. I work closely with clients, clients' families, case managers and where necessary the Court of Protection to ensure their financial needs both throughout the litigation process and following settlement are met, letting them focus on care and rehabilitation. I am currently a student member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants undertaking my exams. |
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As a Trust Manager in the trust team I look after a number of the trusts we manage and specialise in their day to day administration, accounting, and tax compliance and reporting. I have worked with Louise Stoten for more than 15 years, always within trust management and have recently taken on the management of a number of Personal Injury trusts for a range of clients. My role also includes the preparation of annual personal tax returns for beneficiaries of all types of trusts including Section 89 Disabled Persons trusts. |
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I am a trained Chartered Tax Adviser with experience in dealing with UK tax issues for UK and offshore trusts, high net worth individuals and partnerships. I moved to New Quadrant Partners from KPMG Jersey where I provided UK taxation advice to UK resident non domicilaries and offshore trusts. As a Trust Manager at New Quadrant Partners I deal with the management and administration of a number of the trusts working on the accounting, tax compliance and reporting. I have a law degree (LLM) from Bristol University, the STEP Diploma (England and Wales) and am an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. |
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As Director of Trusts I oversee the trust management function. I have specialised in private clients and trusts, based both in the UK and offshore, since 1982. My primary aim is to ensure that the implementation of client planning, and the required reporting, is dealt with efficiently and intelligently. The different elements of my career mean that I can bring a very broad awareness to bear, so that what we deliver to clients is informed by an understanding of all the relevant issues. |
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I have been working in the private client field for over 12 years and joined New Quadrant Partners on day one. I joined the firm as a PA to assist the Personal Injury team covering Deputyship and Court of Protection matters and recently became a trust administrator for that team. I administer the finances of Court of Protection patients, which enables the patients and their families to concentrate on rehabilitation. I have regular contact with patients and their families, carers, case management staff and litigating solicitors, and particularly enjoy this area of my work. |
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Having studied accounts at college I joined New Quadrant Partners in June 2010 as a finance junior. I have since progressed to the role of Trust Assistant which involves working on trust administration and other trust account transactions. As one of the younger members of the team I am also called on to help with IT queries and software/hardware challenges. |
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I have been working in legal finance for over ten years most recently at Olswang and joined NQP in October 2010. I work with the Finance Manager to ensure the smooth financial running of the Firm. I enjoy my role and being part of a wider team and relish the opportunity that I have been given at NQP. |
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I joined New Quadrant Partners at its inception as Finance Manager. Reporting to the Partners I have responsibility for all financial aspects of the firm and I also supervise our practice management system working with all of the team to ensure the smooth running of the firm. My previous experience gained at Olswang, Kirkland & Ellis and Field Fisher Waterhouse means I have the skill and knowledge to ensure the firm trades and operates as efficiently as possible. |
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Having previously worked at Payne Hicks Beach within the private client team, I moved with Louise Stoten in my role as a team secretary to join New Quadrant Partners. |
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Prior to moving across to New Quadrant Partners I spent the last 10 years working within Louise Stoten's team in the private client department at Payne Hicks Beach. At New Quadrant I work as a PA for George Francis, Vanessa Kemp, Anna Austen and George Merrylees, which keeps me busy! The team I work for specialise in tax and trusts, Personal Injury trusts, wills and probate. |
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I joined New Quadrant Partners in early June 2010, originally covering reception on a temporary basis. I have continued to cover for different reception and secretarial positions and now have full responsibility for reception and meeting, greeting and taking care of clients. I also continue to cover for the secretarial team when needed. In my past roles I have worked in various fields, from media to property management and am looking forward to the opportunity to learn and grow with the team at New Quadrant. |
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I am a PA at New Quadrant Partners, having joined the company in September 2010. I have been a legal secretary for 26 years and have worked in most areas of law during this time. My varied role at New Quadrant includes acting as PA for Louise Stoten, Joan Major and Marcus Parker, along with having responsibility for events and CPD co-ordination. I also maintain our knowledge database and intranet. |
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I have over 17 years of legal secretarial experience within private client departments of London law firms. When the opportunity arose in February 2011 to work in a Firm that deals solely with private clients I was thrilled at the prospect. My work for Zoë Camp, Alison Parker, Sarah Farrow and Andrew Kidd is varied dealing with trusts, tax and estate planning issues of high net worth individuals. |
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Having previously worked as a Legal Secretary specialising in Matrimonial law, I joined New Quadrant Partners in July 2011 and act as PA for Stuart Janaway, Simon Rees, Sevyn Kalsi and Vanessa Woolston. The team I work for specialise in tax compliance and trusts, both UK and offshore, Personal Injury trusts, wills, probate and charities. |
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I joined New Quadrant Partners in September 2011 as the Office & IT Manager. I have over 15 years of Office and IT Management experience and have worked within a variety of business sectors during my career. My role at New Quadrant is very diverse and involves responsibility for all office procedures, maintenance, security, health and safety and IT. |
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I joined New Quadrant Partners in July 2011 having previously spent ten years at a US Law firm in a similar role. As the newest member of the team my position is to help support the Finance Manager and maintain the efficient running of the accounts function while providing the best possible service for the lawyers and trust team. I enjoy being part of a fast paced challenging environment and look forward to furthering my experience with the help of New Quadrant. |
