Christopher assists the private client team through his qualification as a notary public, and his expertise in advising clients domiciled in both England & Wales and overseas on a range of tax, trusts, estate planning and succession-related matters.

He specialises in cross-border matters and has particularly good experience of obtaining UK grants of probate for deceased individuals who died domiciled outside the UK. In addition Christopher advises on property ownership structures for ‘non-doms’ and general cross-border estate planning.

Christopher qualified as a solicitor in 2009 into the international wealth planning department of an international law firm, where he worked in both their Geneva and London offices. He also spent a year at a firm in Guernsey.

Christopher joined Russell-Cooke in September 2013. He was promoted to partner in 2020 and led the French department before becoming a consultant in 2022.  

Christopher completed the STEP Advanced Certificate in International Succession and Probate.  He began practising as a notary public in 2023 and in this capacity is able to provide valuable support to the firm as a whole.

• Co-ordinated the estate administration of an individual who died domiciled in England & Wales with assets in Isle of Man and France

• Assisted advisers overseas with obtaining UK grants of probate for clients in order to release UK assets

• As a notary public, notarising various documents for use abroad, i.e. powers of attorney of copy passports 

• Advised clients on liability to Non-Resident Capital Gains Tax

• Advised trustees on French trust reporting obligations

• Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)

• Member of the Notaries Society