Stephen Cooke

Withers LLP

16 Old Bailey
London
UK
EC4M 7EG
(020) 7597 6062
stephen.cooke@withersworldwide.com

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Private Client (Band 4)

Profile

Practice Areas: Partner in Private Client Department. Main area of practice is tax and asset management planning for the private client, both in the UK and offshore. Speaker at seminars on a wide range of trust, tax regulatory and related issues.

Professional Memberships: City of London Law Society, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

Career: Qualified in 1971, having been articled with Clay Allison & Clark, Nottinghamshire. Awarded the Law Society SH Clay prize. Joined Withers in 1971; Partner in 1973.

Publications: Contributor to 'Tax Cases Analysis' and co-author of 'Inheritance Tax on Lifetime Gifts' (1987). Contributor to McCutcheon and Withers on Inheritance Tax (2004).

Personal: Born 30 July 1946. Attended Stamford School 1956-64 and Leicester School of Architecture. Chairman of the London Handel Festival. Leisure interests include art, music, cricket and gardening. Lives in Well, Basingstoke. Member of The Garrick.