Alastair Glover

About

Experience

• PartnerCurrent

  Stephenson Harwood LLP · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  Aug 2023 – Present

  I am a Private Wealth and Tax partner in the Dubai office of Stephenson Harwood LLP, an international law firm that specialises in looking after the legal needs of wealthy individuals and their families. I specialise in advising high-net worth individuals and families, family offices and trustees on global estate planning, tax efficient investment structures, assets protection (including prenuptial agreements) and philanthropy. I hold significant experience in international succession planning including regional and international trust and foundation structures, tax advice, immigration and family governance. I also advise on the use of trusts and foundations in commercial transactions and on employee benefit and pension schemes in the UAE. Having been based in the Middle East for a decade, I am both humbled and honoured to be ranked by many of the leading independent legal directories as a Band 1 leading individual for Private Wealth Law, where clients have provided testimonials stating that I am "astute, commercial, and create very good working relationships, with a deep knowledge of UAE and international matters." My clients consist of ultra-high net worth individuals and families based in the region, be they GCC nationals or global expatriates, with a significant amount of my work having an international dimension to it and often involving cross-border succession and tax planning. I am also the technical director for the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP) Arabia and a member of the International Academy of Trusts and Estates Lawyers. In addition, I regularly speak at various international conferences regarding a variety of private client issues.

• Partner

  Trowers & Hamlins · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  Oct 2016 – Aug 2023

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