Search form Search SEARCH Services People News & Insights About us CSR Careers Contact SENIOR EXECUTIVES You are here Home Services Private Client Senior Executives Our Senior Executives team provides holistic advice and support to internationally mobile senior executives on tax, employment and immigration. Tax Our team advises on the impact of the UK’s connecting factors to the UK tax regime, domicile and residence, and ensures that full advantage is taken of pre-arrival planning to ensure a tax-efficient move for executives (and their families and household staff) moving to or leaving the UK. Analysis of the executive’s employment package to secure the best tax outcome in negotiating, for example, bonuses, share incentives, carried interest and good and bad leaver provisions. Immigration The team advises on the UK’s immigration rules most relevant to internationally mobile business executives and entrepreneurs. We have a particular specialism in assisting clients (often with their dependent spouses and minor children) to make applications for the Tier 1 (Investor) Visa and apply under more business-centric immigration routes such as Tier 2 Visas. We also advise European nationals on how they can protect their position and retain their right to remain and work in the UK following Brexit. Employment We advise senior executives on all matters relating to their employment. At the start, we are there to negotiate the best terms, including those relating to equity and other financial incentives such as carried interest, often in situations where complex cross-border issues arise. The team is used to handling these negotiations in a way which protects our clients’ interests, whilst maintaining good relations with their new employer. At the end, we are there to secure the best possible exit: whilst securing a good financial deal is important, so too is protecting other interests, such as reputation. Separately, if senior executives are being seconded to the UK by an overseas employer, it is important for those secondment arrangements to be reviewed to ensure that, for example, at the end of the secondment he or she has the right to return to their original role. Forsters' Private Client practice is top ranked in the latest edition of The Chambers HNW Guide. Senior Executives: thinking of relocating to the UK? We answer common questions raised at key stages of the relocation process. Working from where? - Working remotely abroad Forsters' specialist team present a webinar covering the issues arising for internationally mobile employees and their employers during the pandemic. What does Brexit mean for UK employment rights? The Trade and Cooperation Agreement agreed between the UK and the European Union sets out the on-going trade relations between the two trading partners. In relation to employment rights, the UK has agreed to ensure that a “level playing field” is maintained between employers either side of the English Channel. You might also be interested in: The role of directors in ensuring overseas companies are and remain non-UK resident for tax purposes: HMRC v Development Securities PLC and Others VAT – cross border supplies post-Brexit One Door Closes and Another Opens: Brexit and the UK’s Tier 1 (Investor) Visa Receiving interest, royalties or dividends payments from the EU? Contact us Kelly Noel-Smith PARTNER Email Kelly View full profile PREVIOUS NEXT Kelly Noel-SmithHeather CorbenElizabeth SmallJoe Beeston THE WIDER TEAM "We often go to Forsters on high-value and complex cross-border matters. They're a really technical group and clients often enjoy working with them." Chambers HNW Guide, 2021 "They have continually satisfied expectations for reliability and efficiency and are always dedicated to delivering a quality service." Chambers HNW, 2019 "They are responsive, technical, practical and professional. I have no reservations sending a high or ultra-high net worth client to them to take matters forward from a UK perspective - they're a safe pair of hands." Chambers HNW, 2018 Private Client Art & heritage property Charities Contentious trusts and estates Court of Protection Family Family governance Family offices Immigration International wealth Landed estates Notary services Regulatory & information exchange Residential property Senior executives UK domestic wealth US / UK advice Wills and Probate Our Insights VIEW ALL INSIGHTS "Forsters are an extremely approachable and client-friendly property litigation practice. They combine expert knowledge of the law with an acute awareness of and sensitivity to the particular needs of their clients." 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