Kevin has a national reputation as an agricultural and private client litigator. His particular focus in on agricultural disputes (including agricultural tenancy advice and real property disputes), trust and probate disputes, and partnership issues.

He is a member of the Agricultural Law Association and the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists.

Zahler has a broad commercial chancery practice, with a particular emphasis on contentious trusts, civil fraud and financial disputes. She regularly advises on a wide range of matters, with considerable experience in large-scale commercial and trust disputes spanning an extensive range of jurisdictions. Zahler also has a particular interest in appellate work and has appeared in the Supreme Court and the Privy Council.

Zahler was awarded 'Chancery Junior of the Year' at the Legal 500 UK Bar Awards 2023. 

Paul is a co-founder of the Accuro Group and Managing Director of Accuro in Jersey. Earlier in his career, he was a lawyer and subsequently a private banker.

He has worked in South Africa and Switzerland for extended periods. This background has allowed him to gain a comprehensive knowledge of working with and building long term trusted relationships with international families, their family offices and advisors. In his role he also sits on various forums focussed on sustainability and industry best practice.

Catherine leads Burges Salmon’s philanthropy team and is a partner in the firm’s private client team.

Catherine specialises in international tax, trusts and estate planning advice for a wide range of clients, from high net worth individuals to leading private banks and other financial institutions. Catherine has a particular focus on advising trust companies on likely risk areas, clients with a South African connection and philanthropy.

Ross is a Partner in Burges Salmon’s Real Estate department specialising in strategic land and rural property. Ross is ranked in Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner for both London and the South West.

Ross is dual qualified to practise in England and Wales, and Scotland. He is an experienced property lawyer whose clients include traditional land and estate owners, family trusts, farm partnerships, charitable foundations as well as institutions and investors. 

Ross undertakes complex strategic land work advising on options, promotion agreements and conditional contracts associated with major projects regularly acting for consortia of landowners.

His wide-ranging rural practice spans the purchase and sale of estates, farms, country houses, commercial forestry, island properties, sporting rights and salmon fishings. 
 

Tim is a director in the private client team and specialises in tax, estate planning and trust work.

He advises a broad range of clients, including trustees, entrepreneurs, landed estates and families. Tim's work covers complex succession planning, capital gains tax and inheritance tax issues, and wealth and asset structuring.

He also works with a number of family business, in particular land management and farming businesses, to advise on succession and tax structures, including partnerships, trusts and companies.

His work with landowners includes advising on the taxation and structuring of strategic land holdings and development sales, with a particular focus on equalisation arrangements in multi-landowner deals.