James Quarmby

Partner, Head of Private Wealth, Stephenson Harwood

Part of a group United Kingdom

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Distinctions listed

30

years in current expertise

Profile

James Quarmby is a Partner and Head of Private Wealth at Stephenson Harwood LLP in London. His practice covers UK and international taxation, residency and domicile, offshore pensions and trusts, asset protection, succession planning and HMRC disputes, with an international reach spanning the firm's offices in Singapore, Paris, Hong Kong and Dubai.

Quarmby holds a Top Flight ranking in the Spear's Tax Lawyers Index 2025 and is ranked as a Leading Partner in Personal Tax, Trusts & Probate by Legal 500 2025, which describes him as "technically brilliant" and notes he speaks "plainly and not in legal jargon." Chambers & Partners HNW 2024 describes him as "becoming a legend of the private wealth space." He has featured on eprivateclient's Most Influential Private Wealth Practitioners list for ten consecutive years and won Tax & Trusts Lawyer of the Year at the 2022 Spear's Wealth Management Awards. He is a solicitor regulated by the SRA, a Registered Tax Technician regulated by ATT, an active STEP member, and a contributing editor at LexisNexis.

Specialisms

Succession & estate planningAsset protectionCross-border structuring

Recognition

Legal 500 UK 2026 – Personal tax | trusts and probate (London) — Leading Partner View source ↗

eprivateclient 50 Most Influential 2025 — Leading Partner

Chambers HNW – Family Offices & Funds Structuring UK-wide 2025 — Leading Partner