Fiona Poole

Fiona regularly speaks on a variety of private client topics including the taxation of non-UK trusts, UK residential property taxes, inheritance tax and the UK’s transparency initiatives including the beneficial ownership registers for Trusts, UK companies and the proposed register for overseas companies owning UK real estate. Fiona sits on the Chartered Institute of Taxation’s Education Committee.

Fiona is named in both the latest Chambers & Partners (HNW) and Legal 500 guides as a leading lawyer for private wealth law. The most recent Chambers & Partners (HNW) comments that she is “incredibly professional and very easy to work with, very responsive”, with peers adding “I cannot recommend Fiona more highly, she is brilliant at her job” and “Fiona is great, really technical and clever, but also highly personable and really sensible. I would want her on my side.”

Previous editions have described her as “a superb technical lawyer, very hard-working and fantastic with clients”, with others adding “I refer my friends to her, which is the ultimate sign that I rate her… she makes things feel less overwhelming by putting people at ease”.

Fiona was identified as a member of the 2024 Private Client Global Elite by Legal Week, and was named as one of the 50 most influential individuals in private wealth by ePrivateclient in 2024. Fiona was also included as a Recommended lawyer in the Who’s Who Legal: Private Client 2023 report.