Jay specialises exclusively in UK personal taxation, with a particular focus on trusts, estates and inheritance tax planning for high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals. 

His client base is international, working with UK-resident and non-resident individuals from a wide range of jurisdictions, often involving complex cross-border considerations. Jay regularly advises clients in the creative industries, including film, television and music, as well as entrepreneurs, family offices and trustees. 

He is highly experienced in guiding clients through technically challenging legislation, translating complex rules into clear, actionable advice and providing reassurance in sensitive or high-stakes situations.

• Advising an ultra-high net worth family on the restructuring and long-term management of a complex Caribbean-based trust and corporate structure, resolving significant disputes and ongoing litigation risk.
• Supporting a high net worth individual from India with trust and company planning, including detailed modelling to explain complex UK tax exposures across multiple entities.
• Advising internationally recognised musicians on UK tax compliance, structuring and planning.
• Advising film producers on the availability and application of UK film tax reliefs (now Audio-Visual Expenditure Credits), often under tight production deadlines.
• Leading UK personal tax compliance and advisory work for internationally mobile clients with multi-jurisdictional affairs.

“Jay managed to simplify complex legal and tax concepts, explaining in plain English how the trust could be used efficiently for the benefit of multiple generations.”

– Trustee of a family trust

Jay is a personal tax director at mgr, where he leads the personal tax team. He has spent his career specialising in private client tax, advising high net worth individuals, trustees and international clients across a wide range of complex personal tax matters.

Jay is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) and a Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA). He also holds the Business and Finance Professional (BFP) designation and the Mercia Probate qualification, reflecting his specialist expertise in trusts, estates and succession planning for private clients.