Mishcon de Reya LLP
mishcon.com/services/family-offices →ABOUT THE PRACTICE
Mishcon de Reya LLP is one of the UK's leading private wealth law firms, with a dedicated family office practice serving new family offices, established multi-generational family offices and multi-family offices. The firm operates from London, Dubai, Singapore and — through its association with Karas So LLP — Hong Kong, placing it across the key centres of international private wealth.
The firm's family office practice is chaired by Victoria Pigott and led alongside Charlie Sosna, Head of Private Wealth and Tax. Its approach is explicitly holistic — addressing wealth preservation and tax structuring alongside family governance, reputation protection, dispute resolution, residential property, immigration and philanthropic legacy. The firm's ecosystem includes MDR Mayfair and a professional network spanning strategic communications advisers, educational consultants and family business specialists.
The firm has particular depth in dispute resolution, cross-border estate planning, trust structuring and the governance of family investment companies — and maintains a dedicated Middle East hub for families based in or connected to the Gulf.
PRIVATE WEALTH SERVICES- Family Office Establishment
- Multi-Generational Family Offices
- Multi-Family Offices
- Trust & Estate Structuring
- Tax & Wealth Preservation
- Family Investment Companies
- Family Governance
- Dispute Resolution
- Reputation Protection
- Residential Property
- Immigration
- Philanthropic Legacy
London · Dubai · Singapore · Hong Kong (via Karas So LLP association)
LATEST INSIGHTSINHERITANCE TAX · PENSIONS · HMRC CONSULTATION
Mishcon de Reya Responds to HMRC Consultation on Inheritance Tax and Pension Information Sharing
Lauren Marlow and Sabrina Sears, Managing Associates in Mishcon de Reya's Private Wealth and Tax team, have responded to HMRC's consultation on draft secondary legislation concerning inheritance tax on pensions — due to take effect in April 2027. The response raises two principal concerns: the need for clear guidance on evidentiary standards when identifying prospective personal representatives, and the absence of any cost recovery mechanism for personal representatives bearing new administrative IHT reporting obligations on pension assets that typically fall outside the estate.
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Read the full response at mishcon.com →FAMILY INVESTMENT COMPANIES · GOVERNANCE · TAX PLANNING
Family Investment Companies: The Practical Benefits
11 June 2026 · 4 minutes
Family investment companies are often discussed through a tax lens — but for many private wealth principals the more compelling attraction is practical. Three core benefits are identified by Mishcon de Reya's Private Wealth and Tax team. First, governance: a well-structured FIC separates voting rights from economic rights, providing a decision-making framework that scales efficiently as family complexity grows. Second, flexibility: a FIC adapts as the family and portfolio evolve without structural redesign. Third, risk containment: a FIC as holding company with operating businesses in separate subsidiaries limits shareholder liability and ring-fences risk across the wider wealth portfolio.
Read the full insight at mishcon.com →This listing is editorial only. UK Private Wealth Magazine and Private Markets Group Ltd have no commercial relationship with Mishcon de Reya LLP. No referral fees are received. All contact details sourced from mishcon.com. Correct as at June 2026.