Bio
Fazia is a Private Client Senior Associate.
Fazia acts for high-net-worth individuals and business owners across all aspects of complex succession and estate planning.
Her expertise includes advice on tax and tax mitigation, trusts, estate matters, wills, establishment and administration of trusts, Powers of Attorney, and estate administration.
Her work often involves foreign assets, trusts, and family-owned businesses.
Fazia works with Muslim clients in order to put in place wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and estate and succession planning in line with Sharia principles. Fazia understands the nuances and complexities of Shariah Law and its placement in, and interaction with, the western legal system.
She works with clients including members of a Middle-Eastern Royal Family and high-net-worth property and business owners and heirs with assets across the world.
Examples of Fazia’s work include:
- Advising a businessman on the drafting and structuring of wills covering a £100 million estate, with tailored guidance on asset protection, use of trusts, and intergenerational wealth transfer to ensure long-term family governance and tax efficiency.
- Providing estate planning, including pre-sale planning advice, preparing wills for the business owner during sale of a £4 million business.
- Overseeing estate administration with foreign investments, including negotiations with HMRC to secure reliefs where they otherwise would not have been available due to the circumstances surrounding the death.