About Rebecca
My approach is to have conversations before they become difficult conversations. My role is to understand family relationships and support my clients in making informed decisions about their future. I help them navigate all elements of estate planning, wealth transfer and succession; providing my clients with confidence in the choices they make.
Rebecca is an experienced private client lawyer working with both UK and international clients, including families, family businesses and entrepreneurs, trust companies and family offices.
Rebecca is head of our family office and has particular expertise in advising entrepreneurs and multi-generational businesses on wealth planning, succession and protection. These clients face their own unique set of challenges. At the heart of Rebecca’s approach is to gain a real understanding of the clients’ family relationships. This often involves pulling together a team from across the firm to use a range of legal tools to support the client and their family – this can include corporate, family, disputes and charity expertise.
Rebecca Fisher is a first-rate lawyer with a high degree of skill and knowledge.
Rebecca advises families and coordinates professional advisers on significant sized estates and international probate, including the non- contentious aspects of administration of estates. This includes where there has been a dispute and our trust company, RCTC, is appointed.
Rebecca works closely with our trusts and estates disputes team. She regularly advises international clients on the inheritance tax and capital gains tax of property ownership in the UK. Rebecca has particular experience in dealing with Irish and US clients.
Rebecca has considerable experience advising individuals and family lawyers on the tax implications of separation and divorce. In particular, Rebecca provides tax and trust advice in the context of Schedule 1 proceedings (where financial provision of a child with unmarried parents).
Rebecca Fisher is an innovative, personable, thorough, determined lawyer. She is incredibly emotionally intelligent to what is going on with a client. At the same time she is also incredibly pragmatic and will not shy away from difficult discussions. All in all, a wonderful lawyer.
Memberships
- Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
- Member of the Legus International Advisory Board
- Member of Resolution’s Pensions Tax and Financial Remedy Committee - a specialist organisation for families and lawyers committed to promoting a constructive approach to family issues that consider the needs of the whole family
Rebecca Fisher is very good with clients who might need all sorts of different personal skills as she is very good at adapting.
Rebecca's highlights
18.07.2024
Record number of Russell-Cooke’s private wealth specialists ranked in Chambers High Net Worth (HNW) guide
07.03.2024
“A missed opportunity”: what the Spring Budget means for private clients—eprivateclient
06.03.2024
Spring Budget—out with non-dom status, in with the FIG and TRFs