Individuals & families
For internationally mobile people and families whose affairs cross borders, generations or legal systems.
Independent international tax & fiduciary advice
International tax, personally advised.
More than half a century of tax planning, specialising in the unusual and off-shore structures, with advice tailored for your personal circumstances.
- 50+
- years of perspective
- 3
- working languages
- 1:1
- senior-led advice
Based in VerbierWorking internationally
Whom we advise
The most useful advice begins by understanding what matters—not by reaching for a pre-packaged answer.
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Entrepreneurs & companies
For owners and closely held businesses navigating residence, succession, restructuring or an international move.
Advisers & fiduciaries
For lawyers, accountants, trustees, family offices and non-profit organisations seeking an experienced second view.
IndividualsCompaniesNon-profits
Expertise
Anglo-European brings a long view to unusual or sensitive matters, while working alongside the jurisdiction-specific professionals each case requires.
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Cross-border private client tax
Residence, domicile, succession and the interaction of more than one tax system, considered as a connected whole.
Historic structures
Independent review of trusts, companies and established arrangements when law, residence, ownership or purpose has changed.
Entrepreneurial matters
Advice around ownership, relocation, exit, succession and the private and corporate consequences of a major transaction.
Fiduciary coordination
Practical work with trustees and local specialists so that legal, tax and administrative decisions remain aligned.
The working method
Quiet counsel. Clear process.
Good international planning is rarely a single event. It is a disciplined process of judgment, coordination and review.
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Listen
Understand the family, business, history and real objective before considering a structure.
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Analyse
Identify the relevant jurisdictions, risks, dependencies and questions that need specialist confirmation.
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Coordinate
Work constructively with lawyers, accountants, trustees and other local advisers already involved.
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Steward
Keep the plan under review as circumstances, law and priorities evolve over time.
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Tax in perspective
“Sound planning starts with the law, the facts and the purpose—not with a product.”
A jurisprudential background informs the practice: principles and policy matter as much as technical detail when advice must endure scrutiny and change.
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Established perspective.
Independent mind.
Independent mind.
About Michael Stannard
More than half a century of international experience.
Michael has spent his working life advising on international tax planning and fiduciary structures, often where the circumstances fall outside the ordinary.
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Educated in Jurisprudence at Trinity College, Oxford, and at the College of Law in London, he combines legal analysis with a practical understanding of families, businesses and long-term professional relationships.
The practice is intentionally personal and independent. Michael listens first, works cooperatively with existing advisers and remains closely involved throughout.
- Education
- Trinity College, Oxford · College of Law, London
- Languages
- English · French · German
- Base
- Verbier, Switzerland
Start a conversation
Bring the whole picture.
A short, confidential first conversation is the best way to establish whether the practice can help and which other specialists may need to be involved.
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