Bio

I am a Russian-speaking international tax advisor at a London-based private consultancy with practical knowledge of the principles of individual and corporate international taxation and cross-border business planning. I have an excellent understanding of UK taxation, particularly concerned with international transactions, individual tax planning and international wealth preservation. I have a working understanding of the major European tax systems, including Austria, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal. My clients are multinational SMEs, international entrepreneurs and HNWIs. I advise on cross-border tax-efficient business and investment structures and restructuring including commercial and residential real estate transactions. I deliver international tax solutions for cross-border intellectual property rights allocation and transfer pricing. I have significant practical experience addressing international residence and beneficial ownership issues. Many of my individual clients are high-net-worth Tier 1 Investors and others pursuing investment migration to major destinations. I have spoken at numerous international conferences and taught international tax planning at the Law Faculty of Saint-Petersburg State University (SPbGU) and Moscow State Academy of Law named after Kutafin (MGYuA). I am a guest lecturer at MA in Taxation at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London. I have an excellent network of professional contacts across the US, Europe and the CIS. I speak English and Russian and I am fluent in French. Chambers and Partners say: ''Dmitry Zapol of IFS Consultants is highly acclaimed for his private wealth advice and his UK tax advisory work for Russian high net worth clients. A peer says: ''I am fully impressed by his deep knowledge in this field,'' adding that he is a ''very technical guy.'' Another source says he is a ''brilliant specialist,'' and appreciates the ''efforts he has made to the overall sphere of relations between UK consultants and Russian business.'' https://chambers.com/lawyer/dmitry-zapol-high-net-worth-21:25618996