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PRIVATE CLIENT UPDATES Back to Publications 19 February 2024 Tax Planning Bulletin 2024 Read More 24 November 2022 Public Registers Under The Spotlight Read More 1 November 2021 HMRC Focus On Crypto-Assets Read More 31 May 2021 CGT Under The Microscope Read More 1 November 2020 Sale Of UK Property - Times Are Changing Read More 1 March 2020 Counting The Days Read More 1 January 2020 Becoming Even More Cryptic Read More 31 July 2018 Requirement To Correct - Flash Update Read More 1 March 2018 MTD Quarterly Reporting Read More 30 April 2017 An Unwelcome Bolt From The Blue! Read More 1 January 2014 Statutory Definition Of Tax Residence Read More 8 December 2023 Transfer Of Assets Abroad And The Fisher Case Read More 2 March 2022 Register Of Overseas Entities Owning UK Real Estate - Update Read More 1 November 2021 Regaining Its Teeth Read More 1 February 2021 R&H Staff Added To Private Client Global Elite Directory Read More 31 August 2020 Don't Panic And Carry On Planning Read More 1 March 2020 IRS Pushes Back Tax Filing Day Read More 31 August 2019 Residential Property Changes From 6th April 2020 Read More 30 June 2018 Requirement To Correct Read More 1 November 2017 Foreign Domicliaries - Where Are We Now? Read More 1 January 2017 Reforms To The Taxation Of Foreign Domiciliaries Read More 1 February 2023 Register Of Overseas Entities - HMRC Reaction Read More 1 March 2022 Register Of Overseas Entities Owning UK Real Estate Read More 31 May 2021 Trust Registration Service - Which Trusts Need To Register? Read More 1 November 2020 Capital Gains Tax: How Will You Be Taxed In the Future? Read More 30 April 2020 Disclosing Tax Plans: New Rules For Advisers And Their Clients Read More 1 February 2020 Budget 2020 - Entrepreneur's Relief Reform Read More 31 July 2018 Buying And Selling Artwork In The US Read More 31 March 2018 Internationally Mobile Employees Read More 30 June 2017 Foreign Domicliaries - Current Developments Read More 1 November 2016 Entrepreneurs’ Relief Read More

OUR PEOPLE Search Our strength lies in our people whose expertise and commitment enable us to provide a top quality pro-active tailored service in every office. By forename... Select person... By surname... Select person... Reset Filters By expertise... Select expertise... Back Steve Williams Director +44 (0)20 7842 2235 steve.williams@rawlinson-hunter.com Having been integral to the development of the firm’s Wealth Reporting service, Steve works with private clients and their family offices to deliver bespoke investment and financial reporting dealing with all aspects on the investment reporting spectrum, including private equity. Steve also works collaboratively with clients’ financial and legal advisers on their often complex and multifaceted affairs across multiple jurisdictions and accounting regimes. Operating in this centralised position allows the coordination and dissemination of information required for key decision making. Steve joined the firm in May 2001, having previously worked in the financial services sector predominantly in the financial markets on the trading floors of Barclays Capital and Westpac Banking Corporation. This experience has been invaluable as the wealth reporting service has developed its offering. Expertise: Private Client Family Office Wealth Reporting Transaction Support Outsourcing

OUR PEOPLE Search Our strength lies in our people whose expertise and commitment enable us to provide a top quality pro-active tailored service in every office. By forename... Select person... By surname... Select person... Reset Filters By expertise... Select expertise... Back Lisa Festerling Director +44 (0)20 7842 2148 lisa.festerling@rawlinson-hunter.com Lisa is a specialist in US/UK tax for private clients and internationally mobile individuals. Her clients have included high-profile c-suite executives, private equity partners, sports personalities and large international families. She has knowledge and experience in a wide range of topics from pre-relocation planning, streamlined filing, expatriation, remittance planning to complex tax return compliance and foreign reporting. Her particular focus and interest is in US/UK crossborder trust and estate planning. Lisa has dealt with compliance and advice for US trusts with UK beneficiaries, non-US trusts with a US owner or US beneficiaries and offshore trust/company structures. Lisa joined Rawlinson & Hunter in 2023 from a Big Four accountancy firm. She is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), an affiliated member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and an US Enrolled Agent. Expertise: US Taxes Private Client Tax Advice Tax Compliance Trusts Non-Resident Trusts Family Office Estates

NEWS 26 April 2024 R&H LLP Announces Two New Director Appointments Read the full update 23 November 2023 The Last Roll Of The Dice? Read the full update 17 April 2023 New Partner And Director Announcement Read the full update 18 November 2022 Reversal Of Fortune Read the full update 30 June 2022 Tax Pulse Issue 7 Read the full update 1 December 2021 R&H appoints Alex Jones as a partner in its US/UK Tax team Read the full update 31 July 2021 Eprivateclient Excellence Awards 2021 Read the full update 1 December 2020 R&H celebrates winning accountancy firm & tax advisory firm of the year Read the full update 31 March 2020 R&H LLP appoints David Kilshaw and Alan Ive as partners Read the full update Tax Pulse Issue 1 Read the full update 6 March 2024 Spring Budget Briefing 2024 Read the full update 6 October 2023 Tax Pulse Issue 12 Read the full update 21 December 2022 Tax Pulse Issue 9 - Winter Edition Read the full update 6 October 2022 Tax Pulse Issue 8 - Autumn Edition Read the full update 30 June 2022 R&H LLP announces a new director appointment Read the full update 31 August 2021 Tax Pulse Issue 5 Read the full update 31 March 2021 Tax Pulse Issue 4 Read the full update 30 July 2020 R&H LLP reopens its UK offices Read the full update 31 March 2020 R&H announces new director appointment Read the full update 6 December 2023 R&H LLP Announces Three New Director Appointments Read the full update 7 July 2023 Tax Pulse Issue 11 Read the full update 24 November 2022 Public Registers Under The Spotlight Read the full update 31 August 2022 Mini Budget Briefing Read the full update 31 March 2022 Tax Pulse Issue 6 Read the full update 31 July 2021 R&H Cayman Islands converts to a limited liability partnership Read the full update 1 December 2020 Tax Pulse Issue 3 Read the full update 31 March 2020 Tax Pulse Issue 2 Read the full update 30 September 2017 R&H holds its alumni reception at The Imperial War Museum Read the full update

OUR PEOPLE Search Our strength lies in our people whose expertise and commitment enable us to provide a top quality pro-active tailored service in every office. By forename... Select person... By surname... Select person... Reset Filters By expertise... Select expertise... Back Paul Huggins Partner +44 (0)20 7842 2197 paul.huggins@rawlinson-hunter.com Paul is a Private Client Tax specialist who advises a wide variety of clients ranging from successful entrepreneurs, hedge fund managers and family office engagements to clients involved in the art, sports and film entertainment worlds. He enjoys developing a close relationship with clients in order to fully understand their needs and providing advice which is relevant to their individual circumstances. Paul advises on a broad range of UK tax issues, particularly those with an international aspect, specialising in the UK’s statutory residence test, remittance basis users and the taxation of ‘mixed funds’, together with the tax and social security implications for internationally mobile employees. He also has extensive experience acting as a single joint expert witness and handling HMRC tax investigations on a broad range of technical issues. Paul is the head of Rawlinson and Hunter’s London based tax department and also heads up the firm’s employment solutions team. Paul joined Rawlinson & Hunter as a trainee accountant in 2006, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2009, a Chartered Tax Advisor in 2010 and becoming a member of STEP in 2012. Paul was included as a top recommended accountant and tax adviser in both the 2021 and 2022 Spear’s 500 guide. Expertise: Private Client Tax Advice Tax Compliance Tax Investigations Property Tax Trusts Estates Non-Resident Trusts Employment Taxes

OUR PEOPLE Search Our strength lies in our people whose expertise and commitment enable us to provide a top quality pro-active tailored service in every office. By forename... Select person... By surname... Select person... Reset Filters By expertise... Select expertise... Back Stephen Yates Director +44 (0)20 7842 2205 stephen.yates@rawlinson-hunter.com Stephen joined Rawlinson & Hunter in March 2006, working as a Senior Manager in the London Private Client Tax Team until his promotion to Director in April 2021. He provides strong technical support to the department, particularly in the area of inheritance tax and has recently taken responsibility for complex research and writing the Firm's technical articles. Stephen's clients include individuals with international business and investment interests, and UK and Offshore Trusts. He specialises in inheritance tax and trust planning, and has extensive experience of the opportunities available to foreign domiciliaries. Expertise: Private Client Tax Advice Non-Resident Trusts Trusts Estates

OUR PEOPLE Search Our strength lies in our people whose expertise and commitment enable us to provide a top quality pro-active tailored service in every office. By forename... Select person... By surname... Select person... Reset Filters By expertise... Select expertise... Back Toby Crooks Partner +44 (0)20 7842 2140 toby.crooks@rawlinson-hunter.com Toby specialises in the field of Private Client Tax, as part of the Trust & Wealth Services department. He enjoys working closely with clients, legal advisers and Family Offices to understand their particular requirements and has a wide breadth of experience, having advised both UK and non- domiciled clients. Toby joined Rawlinson & Hunter in 2004, working initially in the Private Client department before transferring to the Firm's Cayman Islands office for several years . He returned to the UK in 2010 and became a partner in April 2014. Toby is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Tax Adviser and a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). He is the holder of an Advanced Diploma in International Trust Management and is a member of PAIAM (Professional Advisers in the Art Market.) He was previously the representative for the City of London on the Worldwide Council of STEP and is a member of the Public Policy Committee. Expertise: Private Client Family Office Non-Resident Trusts Trusts Tax Advice Tax Compliance Art World Probate

OUR PEOPLE Search Our strength lies in our people whose expertise and commitment enable us to provide a top quality pro-active tailored service in every office. By forename... Select person... By surname... Select person... Reset Filters By expertise... Select expertise... Back Michael Foster Partner +44 (0)20 7842 2223 michael.foster@rawlinson-hunter.com Michael specialises in accounting and tax matters in an advisory and compliance capacity, providing professional advice to onshore and offshore trustees, companies and individuals. He has an ever increasing focus on non-UK domiciled individuals including those with interests in non-resident settlements. His responsibilities include a portfolio comprising a number of multi-jurisdictional family trusts, companies and high net worth individuals. Michael is also one of two partners responsible for the day-to-day management of our private client tax team. Michael is a Certified Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser. He began his career at Rawlinson & Hunter in 1999 in the Corporate Services department, before transferring to the Trust & Wealth Services team in 2003, becoming a partner in 2015. Expertise: Private Client Tax Compliance Tax Advice Tax Investigations Property Tax Trusts Wealth Reporting Estates Charities Family Office Non-Resident Trusts

OUR PEOPLE Search Our strength lies in our people whose expertise and commitment enable us to provide a top quality pro-active tailored service in every office. By forename... Select person... By surname... Select person... Reset Filters By expertise... Select expertise... Back James Randall Partner +44 (0)20 7842 2131 james.randall@rawlinson-hunter.com James leads Rawlinson & Hunter’s UK Business Tax Group. He focuses on providing practical corporate tax advice to businesses operating in the UK. He advises on a wide range of tax matters for owner managed, fast growth, PE backed and multinational businesses. James specialises in advising domestic and international businesses through reorganisations and M&A transactions. Through his career he has worked with many renowned businesses in the Technology, Life Sciences and Consumer Product sectors. James joined Rawlinson & Hunter in 2018 after 19 years of experience with Ernst & Young where he worked in the Thames Valley, New York and London. James is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is a graduate of The University of Sheffield, with a degree in Economics. Expertise: Corporate Tax Advice Transaction Support Tax Compliance Tax Investigations Property Tax Valuations Employment Taxes

OUR PEOPLE Search Our strength lies in our people whose expertise and commitment enable us to provide a top quality pro-active tailored service in every office. By forename... Select person... By surname... Select person... Reset Filters By expertise... Select expertise... Back Claire Osborne Director +44 (0)20 7842 2021 claire.osborne@rawlinson-hunter.com Claire joined Rawlinson & Hunter more than 20 years ago and trained with the firm, becoming a member (and since Fellow) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales in December 2009. Claire’s portfolio includes entrepreneurs, the family offices of ultra-high net worth individuals, organisations representing the pharmaceutical industry and owner managed businesses at all stages of development, from start-ups to large trading entities. Working from both our London and Surrey offices, Claire advises both corporate and non-corporate entities, providing accounting, advisory and outsourcing services. She has extensive experience of working with ultra-high net worth individuals, in particular with their UK affairs but also aiding their larger international compliance needs by being a key contact for our clients with the firms tax teams and external professionals. Claire has extensive experience in providing outsourcing and advisory services to UK companies in particular managing the complete finance function for a number of organisations. The take on of this outsourcing work is often as a result of an existing finance function needing Claire’s expertise to bring in new procedures to ensure it runs in a more effective and efficient manner. Claire specialises in providing outsourcing but also helps support the Departmental Partner in heading up the Business Services Group, a team of dedicated professionals that provide external accounting support services, including management accounting, VAT compliance, statutory accounting, forecasting and budgeting and other essential support services that assist the firm’s clients accounting compliance requirements. Expertise: Corporate Outsourcing VAT advice Estates Family office Investment companies Employment Taxes

LEGAL Rawlinson & Hunter International is a grouping of independent firms with members throughout the world. It is not a legal entity in its own right and does not offer professional services in its own name. ​ Each independent member of Rawlinson & Hunter International is a separate firm. These firms are not members of one international partnership or group, or otherwise necessarily legal partners or members with each other, nor is any one firm responsible for the services or activities of any other. Firms in certain jurisdictions offer services through a partnership structure or through the medium of limited liability vehicles, or both, depending on the nature of services offered. ​ The partners and directors of each of the firms within the Rawlinson & Hunter grouping pride themselves on the shared ethos and quality of advice given across the Rawlinson & Hunter grouping. As a result, use is made throughout this website of the expressions “our” and “we” in reference to the service provided by each of the Rawlinson & Hunter firms. This should not be construed as Rawlinson & Hunter International existing as a single entity. Although the firms carry the same name, there is no common ownership among the firms of Rawlinson & Hunter International. ​ The London office conducts its business in the UK through Rawlinson & Hunter LLP, a UK limited liability partnership. Rawlinson & Hunter, a UK general partnership with partners who are also the members of Rawlinson & Hunter LLP, holds a minority financial interest in each of the overseas Rawlinson & Hunter firms, except for the Australia and New Zealand firms. ​ This website is designed for the information of readers. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, information contained on the site may not be comprehensive and readers should not act upon it without seeking professional advice. The application and impact of the laws can vary widely from case to case, based upon the specific or unique facts involved. Accordingly, the information in this site is not intended to serve as legal, accounting, financial or tax advice. Users are encouraged to consult with professional advisers at their local Rawlinson & Hunter International office for advice concerning specific matters before making any decision. A list of legal partners and directors of that office can only be obtained from that office and nothing in this website shall imply that any other persons mentioned herein are partners or members of that office.

OUR PEOPLE Search Our strength lies in our people whose expertise and commitment enable us to provide a top quality pro-active tailored service in every office. By forename... Select person... By surname... Select person... Reset Filters By expertise... Select expertise... Back Sarah Fernando Director +44 (0)20 7842 2147 sarah.fernando@rawlinson-hunter.com Sarah, a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser, has been a longstanding member of the Business Tax Group, joining the firm over 20 years ago on an ACA training contract within the audit department. In 2002, she transferred to the Business Tax Group at the firm’s London office. She advises on a wide range of business and corporate tax matters for both owner managed businesses (companies and partnerships) and multinational groups headed by UK companies or with UK subsidiaries. She also provides business tax compliance services to a broad range of clients, including businesses involved in art, investment advisory, software department and property investment. Her specialisms include the substantial shareholding exemption, R&D tax relief and the UK reporting fund regime. Expertise: Tax Compliance Tax Advice Tax Investigations Corporate Transaction Support Art World

BROCHURES Back to Publications Trust & Wealth Services Read More Private Client Services Brochure Read More Family Office - Short Read More International Services Brochure Read More Corporate Services Brochure Read More Family Office - Full Read More Structuring A Family's Charitable Giving Read More Recent World Events & The Family Office Read More BTG Brochure Read More

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OUR PEOPLE Search Our strength lies in our people whose expertise and commitment enable us to provide a top quality pro-active tailored service in every office. By forename... Select person... By surname... Select person... Reset Filters By expertise... Select expertise... Back Graeme Privett Partner +44 (0)20 7842 2137 graeme.privett@rawlinson-hunter.com Graeme is the Managing Partner of Rawlinson & Hunter LLP. Along with the Firm's Management Team, Graeme has responsibility for overseeing the day-to-day operation of the business. Graeme, a Chartered Tax Adviser (‘CTA’) and Trust and Estate Practitioner (‘TEP’), joined the firm's private client tax group in 2002 becoming a partner in 2013, setting up the firm’s UK/US Private Client Tax Team. As well as advising clients on a wide range of personal, trust, estate and corporate matters, Graeme also acts as a Trustee and Executor for a number of clients. He manages the general tax compliance for a portfolio of clients taking into account the increasing reporting requirements. Expertise: Private Client Tax Advice Tax Compliance US Taxes Trusts Non-Resident Trusts Estates

TAX FACTSHEETS Back to Publications The Tax Implications Of Making Lifetime Gifts Read More What Is Domicile? Read More Statutory Residence Test Read More Family Investment Companies Read More Tax Effective Philanthropy Read More What Is A Trust? Read More Moving To The UK Read More Business Investment Relief Read More Capital Gains On Foreign Assets Read More What Is A Remittance? Read More Family Limited Partnerships Read More

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ABOUT US Rawlinson & Hunter LLP (referred to throughout this website as ‘Rawlinson & Hunter’) is a firm of Chartered Accountants and Chartered Tax Advisers which was founded in 1933 and is based in central London, with a strong supporting office in Leatherhead, Surrey. The Firm provides a traditional range of corporate, accounting, tax and trust services, and is best known in the profession for its award-winning services to private clients and their businesses. We are constantly looking to develop our range of services to meet the needs and requirements of our clients. Over the many decades of the Firm’s existence, the objective of each and every partner has been to focus on quality, not size. By this, we mean enhancing the quality of service delivery by ensuring that we as partners are as expert in our respective fields as we possibly can be, and that the staff who support the partners are professionally qualified and trained to the highest degree and have at their disposal the latest technology. This has enabled us, over time, to gain an enviable reputation in the profession for our services to the private client and business community in London and internationally. We are different, as is our way of working. Our partners like to get to know their clients well and lead much of the advice in person, often face to face. Our partners are all leaders in their field who are trained to look at the bigger picture. Both private and corporate clients can benefit equally from our skill at finding solutions to match their own individual financial needs. The Firm is the founder of an international grouping of professional firms which specialises in the delivery of tax, accounting and administration services. Our overseas offices stretch around the globe, from Jersey and Guernsey to our Swiss offices in Geneva and Zurich, and from Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands to Singapore via our offices in Australia and New Zealand. Across all of our offices, you can expect a high quality of personal, partner-led, service.

REGISTERED OFFICES United Kingdom ​ London Rawlinson & Hunter LLP Eighth Floor 6 New Street Square New Fetter Lane London, EC4A 3AQ United Kingdom ​ Leatherhead Rawlinson & Hunter LLP Q3, The Square Randalls Way Leatherhead, KT22 7TW United Kingdom

OUR PEOPLE Search Our strength lies in our people whose expertise and commitment enable us to provide a top quality pro-active tailored service in every office. By forename... Select person... By surname... Select person... Reset Filters By expertise... Select expertise... Back Louise Catt Director +44 (0)20 7842 2019 louise.catt@rawlinson-hunter.com Louise joined Rawlinson & Hunter in July 2014. She is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Louise’s portfolio includes entrepreneurs, the family offices of ultra-high net worth individuals and owner managed businesses at all stages of development, from start ups to large trading entities. Working out of Rawlinson & Hunters UK’s London and Surrey offices, Louise advises both corporate and non-corporate entities, providing accounting, advisory and outsourcing services. She has extensive experience of working with ultra-high net worth individuals, in particular with their UK affairs but also acting as a focal point for all administration of the international structures. Louise has extensive experience of providing outsourcing and advisory services to UK subsidiaries of international groups. Louise is an outsourcing specialist and part of the senior management team at R&H leading the firm’s Business Services Group, a team of dedicated professionals that provide external accounting support services, including management accounting, finance director / CFO assistance and advisory, forecasting and budgeting and other essential support services that promote the growth and efficiency of the firm’s clients. Louise’s clients particularly value her ability to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their accounting systems and take away the burden and worries of their day to day back office administration. Expertise: Corporate Outsourcing VAT advice Estate Family office Motorsport

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CAREERS Working at Rawlinson & Hunter We have a number of roles within Tax, Accounting and other disciplines. Please view our current vacancies below for more information and please click apply, attaching your CV if you are interested. ​ ​Rawlinson & Hunter is an equal opportunities employer. ​ We are fully committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applicants and we work hard to create an inclusive environment where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. We take all reasonable steps to ensure that recruitment decisions are made in line with the genuine job and skill requirements for each role and we encourage applications from everyone who meets these requirements, regardless of disability, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, colour, race, caste, nationality, ethnic origin, creed, religion, belief or age. ​ We will make any reasonable adjustments we can to accommodate applicants with disabilities. R&H Careers Site

TAX PULSE Back to Publications 22 December 2023 Tax Pulse Issue 13 Read More 31 March 2023 Tax Pulse Issue 10 Read More 30 June 2022 Issue 7 - Summer Edition Read More 31 March 2021 Issue 4 - Spring Edition Read More 6 October 2023 Tax Pulse Issue 12 Read More 21 December 2022 Issue 9 - Winter Edition Read More 31 March 2022 Issue 6 - Spring Edition Read More 1 December 2020 Issue 3 - Winter Edition Read More 7 July 2023 Tax Pulse Issue 11 Read More 5 October 2022 Issue 8 - Autumn Edition Read More 31 August 2021 Issue 5 - Autumn Edition Read More 31 March 2020 Issue 2 - Spring Edition Read More

INTERNATIONAL As well as in London, Rawlinson & Hunter has offices in Jersey, Guernsey, Switzerland (in both Geneva and Zurich), Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia. The maze of UK and international law is complex to navigate, particularly for clients with profiles in a number of jurisdictions. Our grouping of offices can provide global advice and solutions, specialising in the administration of trusts and companies which hold wealth and assets for our clients and their families. Since 1933, Rawlinson & Hunter offices across the world have consistently applied the basic traits of common sense and hard work to everything they do in order to provide outstanding services to their corporate and private clients, combining advanced technical skills with their different, distinctive and personal way of working. The partners in all international offices like to get to know their clients well and they lead much of the work in person, often face-to-face. Nearly all clients come through personal recommendations and referrals, providing compelling evidence of Rawlinson & Hunter’s strong reputation as a leading professional services firm. ​ Refer to Legal for further information regarding Rawlinson & Hunter International. Visit International Site Development of Our International Grouping The Chartered Accountancy firm of Rawlinson & Hunter was established in London in 1933 during The Great Depression by Alfred Rawlinson and Robert Hunter. The Firm has flourished by continually updating and refreshing its services to meet the challenges of evolving tax, financial and regulatory laws, by focusing on niche markets, and by putting client service first and foremost in everything it does.. After successfully navigating the challenges faced by the UK during the Second World War, including temporarily moving the Firm to rural Oxfordshire to escape The Blitz, Hunter journeyed to the US in 1945, and again in 1946 with Rawlinson, where they visited an old client living in Bermuda. This coincided with the first direct flights between the US and Bermuda and the introduction of a favourable tax system and tourist economy on the island. The visit ultimately led to the establishment of Rawlinson & Hunter’s first overseas office in Bermuda in the early 1960s by future UK senior partner Bob Spooner, as the Firm sought to support its UK clients with extensive tourism and hotel interests there. A chance encounter on an aeroplane between future UK senior partner Peter Hetherington and a Jersey accountant resulted in the foundation of the Firm’s Jersey office in 1972. This was at a time when many individuals were emigrating from the UK to Jersey to escape the all-time high UK income tax rate of 136% in the late 1960s, and 98% in the early 1970s. The Firm’s Jersey practice was established at a time when the island was growing rapidly as an international financial centre. The Guernsey office was established in 1980 to meet the needs of specific international clients of the Firm, taking advantage of Guernsey’s similarly thriving financial services industry. More than 40 years on, the Guernsey firm continues to grow. The Cayman Islands office was established in 1973, originally to complement the services offered to clients through the Bermuda office. This British Overseas Territory steadily developed to become a leading international financial centre in the region. Switzerland has always been the leading international financial centre in continental Europe, and during its early years Rawlinson & Hunter had served many Swiss-based corporate clients due to Robert Hunter’s frequent trips to the country. To support its Swiss-based clients, the Firm therefore opened an office in Geneva in 1982, and this was eventually followed by a Zürich office in 2011. The old Geneva office left the grouping in 2019 but the Firm is now once again operating in Geneva, having opened a new office there in 2021. By the 1980s, the British Virgin Islands had also developed into a leading international financial and tourism centre to fund its public services, and this led to Peter Hetherington and future Jersey senior partner, David Goar, establishing the Firm’s office on the islands in 1988 to supports clients engaged in business there. A year earlier, in 1987, the Firm opened a representative office in Sydney, Australia to support clients with business interests Down Under. This was carried out under the umbrella of a respected Australian firm, Boroughs, a similarly private client focused firm of Chartered Accountants established in 1945. A decade and a half later, in 2003, the Firm extended this model by opening a representative office on the other side of the Ditch in Whanganui, New Zealand. ​ By now Singapore had established itself as the leading international financial centre in Asia, and the Firm found itself with increasing numbers of clients with business interests in the country. To support these clients, the Firm opened its first Asian office in Singapore in 2013.