New roles for private client partner & head of department
Commercial law firm Laytons ETL has promoted Simrun Garcha to partner in its private client and charities team, and Ian Burman has retaken the reins as head of department.
Previously an associate partner, Simrun has been with Laytons ETL since joining as a trainee in 2012.
Simrun specialises in estate planning, probate, trust and charity law. She is a full 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.
Her expertise includes 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 broad range of governance issues.
Commenting on her promotion, Simrun said: ‘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.’
Meanwhile, longstanding partner Ian has returned full-time to the role of head of Laytons ETL’s private client and charities team. Ian, who founded the department in 1989, stepped back from the head of department role last year to focus on his own practice.
He has now returned to spearhead growth across Laytons ETL’s private client and charities department.
Ian 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 Ian and Simrun are co-authors of Tolley’s Administration of Estates, the leading legal textbook in the field of estate administration.
Ian said: ‘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.’
