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Keith Bruce-Smith

Partner, Sinclair Gibson
Part of a group United Kingdom
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Distinction listed
40
years in current expertise
Profile

Keith Bruce-Smith is a founding partner of Sinclair Gibson LLP and a senior private client tax and trusts lawyer with over 40 years' experience in trust and estate planning for wealthy UK and foreign families. He is ranked in the Legal 500 'Hall of Fame' and is described by Chambers & Partners as 'a master strategist' who 'brings fresh and creative thinking to complex situations'. He acts for a wide spectrum of UK and foreign families, advising on the management of their wealth and its tax-efficient devolution down the generations, and has extensive experience advising on landed estates, serving as trustee or protector of both domestic and offshore trusts.

He is co-author of Practical Will Precedents and Practical Trust Precedents (Sweet & Maxwell) and was original co-editor of International Trust Precedents (Sweet & Maxwell). He holds an MA (Hons) in Modern History from Christ Church Oxford and is a member of STEP and ACTPL.

Specialisms
Succession & estate planningAsset protectionCross-border structuring
Recognition
Legal 500 UK 2026 – Personal tax | trusts and probate (London) — Hall of Fame View source ↗