PROFILE
Lynnette is a Director in the Joseph Hage Aaronson tax team. She has specialised in private client tax for over 15 years and has a wealth of experience in acting for high-net-worth individuals on tax and trust matters. She has also acted for trustees (of both UK and offshore trusts) and estates.
Lynnette specialises in income and capital taxes including in relation to complex offshore structures. She also has an extensive knowledge of the administration of the tax system and often represents clients subject to HMRC enquiries and investigations or needing to make a disclosure.
Lynnette contributes to various technical publications and is a committed volunteer with respect to the private client tax work of the professional bodies.
Lynnette won Taxation’s inaugural Rising Star Award (in 2009), was named as one of the inaugural Tax Journal 40 under 40s (in 2011) and most recently she was shortlisted for Taxation’s 2019 outstanding contribution to tax award. She was also one of the Judges for the 2022 Taxation Awards.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Called to the Bar 2021
ICAEW – Business and Finance Professional, January 2021
ADR Group Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator, July 2019
ICAEW, Fellowship, April 2017
Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioner, June 2007
Chartered Tax Adviser, June 2000
ICAEW, Associate Member, April 2000
EDUCATION
City, University of London – BPTC
University of Law – MA Law (Distinction)
University of Cambridge – MA
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