Pippa Goodfellow
Biography
Pippa Goodfellow is an associate in Baker McKenzie's Global Wealth Management practice. Pippa works closely with ultra-high-net worth individuals, leading entrepreneurial families and financial institutions on a broad range of wealth management matters. Pippa advises on a range of private client issues, including UK taxation, asset protection, trusts and succession planning. The majority of her work has an international element and involves cross-border issues.
Pippa has written for leading publications, including the Tax Journal and Private Client Business and has spoken at conferences in London and Luxembourg. She trained and worked at a leading city firm for five years before joining Baker McKenzie in November 2022.
Practice Focus
Pippa advises leading private banks, high-net worth individuals and family-controlled businesses on a variety of areas, including cross-border and general tax planning, trusts and succession planning. Pippa has considerable experience in establishing private investment firms and family offices, and also has experience in advising on tax investigations, contentious trust issues and family disputes.
Representative Legal Matters
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Advising a Scandinavian entrepreneur on global asset structuring, business ventures and succession planning including advising on trust structures holding GBP 3 billion.
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Establishing a private fund and family investment office for a leading family in the Middle East.
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Advising on the creation of a family investment office for a branch of a leading family in the Middle East.
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Representing a leading entrepreneur in relation to contentious trusts holding business assets of over GBP 1 billion.
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Assisting a high net worth individual on US / UK cross border estate and succession planning.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Law Society of England & Wales
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
Admissions
- England & Wales~United Kingdom (2019)
Education
- BPP Law School (LPC) (2017)
- BPP Law School (Graduate Diploma in Law) (2016)
- University of Oxford (2015)
Languages
- English