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John is a partner in the Private Client Department at Matheson
Ormsby Prentice. He advises executors, trustees and beneficiaries on all
legal and tax issues arising in Wills and the administration of estates
and trusts.
He has significant experience on estate
and trust disputes advising both trustees and executors and
claimants.
His work also includes advising
individuals and families on investment vehicles and appropriate trust
structures for estate planning and asset protection purposes and he
advises a number of domestic high net worth individuals on a wide range
of taxation issues and non-domiciled individuals with Irish tax
concerns.
John also has considerable experience on
charity issues, including charity formation. He also advises on capacity
issues including powers of attorney and wards of court, and also the
establishment of tax efficient trusts for incapacitated
individuals.
John is an Associate of the
Irish Taxation Institute. He is a member of the committee of the Irish
branch of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate
Practitioners).
He has also lectured to members of
The Law Society, STEP and the Irish Taxation Institute on a wide range
of estate planning issues and is a regular contributor to
articles and journals on these matters. He is co-author of the Irish
chapter of International Succession (3rd edition) by Oxford University
Press and also the Irish chapter of the European Lawyer Reference Series
on Private Client Tax (2010).
Education
University College Dublin - Bachelor of Civil Law
