Ian Clark
Partner
Trust & Tax and Tax Compliance
Ian specialises in asset protection advice for high net worth individuals and their families, including entrepreneurs, businessmen and land owners. His expertise includes inheritance tax and capital gains tax planning, succession planning and protection of assets. Trusts are an important aspect of many of these arrangements, and Ian advises both on the use of UK and non-resident trusts and trust structures.
Ian also provides advice to a broad range of charities on all aspects of their affairs, and specialises in the tax treatment of charities and advising on how to structure their activities as efficiently as possible.Ian speaks regularly at specialised tax and trust conferences. He is a member of STEP(Society of Tax and Estate Practitioners) and an associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. He also sits on the Law Society of Scotland's Tax Law Committee and is a convenor of the Capital Taxes Sub-committee. Ian is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Trust Law.
Chambers UK Guide describes Ian as “extremely bright” and “a wizard on the use of trusts”.
Ian joined Dundas & Wilson in 1986, and became a partner there in 1990. He and five partners from Dundas & Wilson's Private Client Department formed Turcan Connell in August 1997.
Accredited Specialisms:
Trust & Tax Law
