Lawyer of theYear 2015Beatrice Puoti,Partner at BurgesSalmon
NewsRothschild’s UK WealthManagement appoints new CEO
Coutts & Co appoints twodirectors
Country FeaturesThe Northern Powerhouse seeswealth work on the up
Isle of Man: Government-backedwealth management march
InterviewsDerwent Campbell, Senior Partnerat Mogers Drewett Solicitors
Milena Ivanova, Founder ofMonogram Capital Management
LifestyleThe Royal Crescent Hoteland Spa in Bath
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Beatrice Puoti, partner at Burges Salmon, isranked as one of the UK legal community'sbest lawyers, and has won the Lawyer of the
Year award at the 2015 Citywealth Magic CircleAwards. She has also been included in the CitywealthLeading Lawyers Honours List 2015.
Lecturing in the UK and overseas, Beatrice specialises ininternational tax and estate planning for UK and non-UKclients and cross-border planning issues. Citywealth’s,Suzanne Isaacs caught up with Beatrice to talk about hersuccessful career.
“I do think you almost needto be a psychologist to be agood lawyer”Beatrice Puoti, Partner, Burges Salmon
Milena Ivanova is the co-founder and CEO ofMonogram Capital Management, a boutiqueinvestment firm which she launched with
business partner Paul Marson. Both have big brandbanking names behind them. Marcela Kunova caughtup with her to talk about private clients, new trends,and being a woman in investment management.
“A business associate once said that I am like a mix of RichardBranson and Mother Teresa”Milena Ivanova, CEO, Monogram Capital Management
The Northern Powerhousesees wealth work on the up
At the start of 2015, PrimeMinister David Cameronand Chancellor George
Osborne spoke to businessleaders in Manchester to unveilsix key economic pledges toboost the North West during thenew parliament. Promising to
put Manchester at the heart of a‘Northern Powerhouse’, thepoliticians committed to creating100,000 new jobs, investing intransport, homes and schools,and devolving more power tomake residents better off.
“We are veryfortunate in havinggreat universitiesand Media Cityhere drivinginnovation.”Michelle Duncalf,Private Banker, Arbuthnot Latham & Co
Manchester isnow the most
popular place forforeign directinvestment
outside London
“People we dealwith are worried lessabout mitigatingwealth”Rebecca Durrant, Partner, Crowe Clark Whitehill
“The economicpicture post-electionis looking positive,and clearly theNorth West iswell positioned toprosper. ”Dylan Williams, Managing Director, London,North and Ireland Department,Coutts
“We havesignificantly raisedour profile in the lastfew years, and we areattracting more workfrom high-net-worthindividuals”Ros Bever, Head at Irwin Mitchell
Isle of Man:Government-backedwealth management march
The Isle of Man beganfocusing on its wealthmanagement business in
the 1980s, and as such its trustindustry still catching up withJersey and Guernsey. Because ofits geographical position, theisland’s wealth sector grew on the
back of and continues to benefitfrom the wealthy from the northof England, but governmentsupport for initiatives to attracthigh-net-worth individuals has ledto significant diversification.
“If you have a high-value non-domiciledfamily living in the UK,they see the Isle ofMan as a good placeto register their jet.”Paul Swindale, Senior Trust Manager, Abacus
In onlyeight years theregistry has
grown to be thelargest dedicatedcorporate jetregister in Europe
“The close workingrelationship betweenthe private sector andgovernment has beena factor in the Isle ofMan’s success.”Sean Dowling, Managing Partner, Appleby
The island hasalso developeda reputationfor stayingnimble in the
development ofits trusts laws
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