Martin is a partner in our Private Client Department and also heads up our Tax Services. Martin specialises in advising on tax planning, succession structuring and asset protection strategies tailored to our client’s personal circumstances and objectives. He works with a wide-range of clients including high-net-worth individuals, estate and landowners, family businesses, non-UK residents and trustees to help them protect and maximise their wealth while managing their tax exposure.
Combining legal and tax expertise, Martin designs and implements practical, commercially focused solutions across ownership structuring, trust planning and intergenerational succession. He also leads the firm’s tax compliance team, delivering specialist advice in collaboration with property, corporate, employment and family law colleagues to provide fully integrated planning advice.
Martin is both a qualified lawyer and Chartered Tax Adviser, accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a Specialist in Private Client Tax and in Trusts Law. He is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and sits on the Law Society’s Private Tax Sub-committee. A regular seminar speaker, he is recognised for his technical depth and clear, strategic advice.
