David Goepel
Partner

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David joined the Private Client department of Edwin Coe as a partner in January 2009 from Withers LLP, where he worked for ten years. He acts for a wide range of private clients, including high net worth individuals, trustees and trust companies, and deals with a broad range of private client trust and tax work, both onshore and offshore.

David is particularly interested in the field of charities and philanthropy. He has advised a number of UK charities both national and local on a broad variety of legal issues, including the impact of the Charities Act 2006, the powers and duties of charity trustees, tax issues affecting charities and dealings with the Charity Commission and other regulators. David also has extensive experience of advising charitable donors, often in a cross-border context, in establishing and registering family charitable foundations and facilitating cross-border charitable gifts tax efficiently. He also works with colleagues in other practice areas across the firm to meet the full range of legal services which charities require.

David has lectured and written on a diverse range of legal topics affecting charities, including the changes introduced by the Charities Act 2006, the impact of the new substantial donor rules on charity fundraising, the uses of US/UK dual qualified charities in cross-border planning, and developments in the European context in facilitating international charitable giving.

David is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and the Charity Law Association. He has also been the joint editor of the Charities chapter in Tottel's "Revenue Law – Principles and Practice" and has contributed to "McCutcheon on Inheritance Tax".