Trust and tax specialist joins Ellis Jones Solicitors

Taxing appointment: Trust and tax specialist Andy Kirby (right) with Nigel Smith, Managing Partner, Ellis Jones Solicitors.

Taxing appointment: Trust and tax specialist Andy Kirby (right) with Nigel Smith, Managing Partner, Ellis Jones Solicitors.

Trust and tax specialist Andy Kirby has joined expanding law firm Ellis Jones Solicitors as a consultant.

A former student at Poole Grammar School, Andy previously worked for HM Revenue & Customs, Lloyds Private Banking and two law firms in Hampshire.

His areas of expertise include trusts and estates, lifetime inheritance tax planning, income and capital gains tax and deeds of variation.

He is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and a member of the Association of Taxation Technicians (Distinction).

Nigel Smith, Managing Partner, said: “Andy’s main expertise is tax planning and I have no doubt that his services will be in great demand from both existing and new clients of Ellis Jones.”

In his new role Andy, who lives in Wimborne, is primarily based at Ellis Jones’ Ringwood office but will service the needs of clients across the firm.

Picture caption: Taxing appointment: Trust and tax specialist Andy Kirby (right) with Nigel Smith, Managing Partner, Ellis Jones Solicitors.

Note to journalists: Ellis Jones is one of the largest law firms in Dorset and West Hampshire with 120 staff including 11 partners. It has offices in Bournemouth, Canford Cliffs (Poole), Ringwood, Swanage and London offering a wide range of services to individuals and businesses.

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