City of London-based international commercial law firm Laytons ETL has promoted Simrun Garcha to partner in its private client and charities team.

Former associate partner Garcha joined Laytons ETL as a trainee in 2012.

She specialises in estate planning for ultra-high-net-worth individuals, setting up and administering trusts, and dealing with probate and succession, including cross border estates. She also advises charities and trustees on a range of governance issues.

Garcha is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), and a member of the Charity Law Association and the Association of Contentious Probate Practitioners.

She commented: 'The private client and charities team at Laytons ETL is highly respected both by our peers and our clients. We work on some genuinely fascinating, highly complex matters and, as a partner, I am really looking forward to continuing to build my practice and support the team’s work.'

Partner Ian Burman has returned full-time to the role of head of Laytons ETL’s private client and charities team. Burman, who founded the department in 1989, stepped back from the head of department role last year to focus on his own practice.

He is a leading authority in private client and charity law, and was chair of the London Central Branch of STEP from 2007 to 2011. He was a STEP committee member for 20 years.

Both Burman and Garcha are co-authors of Tolley’s Administration of Estates, the leading legal textbook in the field of estate administration.

Burman commented: 'The private client and charities team at Laytons ETL has undergone significant expansion and, with stretching but exciting growth targets in place firm-wide, it now feels like the right time to return to the head of department role. We have an incredibly strong team, with a wide range of capabilities, and are in a great position to take advantage of the many growth opportunities we are creating firm-wide.

'I would also like to congratulate Simrun on her well-deserved promotion to partner. I know she will play a key role in the continued development of our practice over the years ahead.'

 

Pictured above: Simrun Garcha and Ian Burman

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