Partner

Arshoo Singh

Arshoo is a Solicitor and Partner in the Private Client team and joined the firm in September 2023, having trained and worked in leading Private Client city firms in London. She is based in London and Tonbridge.

She has over 20 years’ experience in advising both UK resident and international clients, with a diverse practice covering the full spectrum of private client issues, including Inheritance Tax, Capital Gains Tax and Stamp Duty Land Tax.

She has a particular focus on handling complex, contentious and cross-border estates and cross-jurisdictional issues arising in international mental capacity cases.

She regularly advises business owners, families, executors, deputies, attorneys, trustees and beneficiaries on a wide range of private client matters and has also been appointed by the court in family law proceedings as a joint tax expert; an independent administrator in contentious estates; and an interim deputy in contentious court of protection matters.

Arshoo is a contributory editor for the LexisPSL Editorial Board and has written articles for legal journals and national newspapers. She has also spoken on a range of issues, including domicile, digital assets and international mental capacity issues.

In addition to her technical expertise, clients and professional colleagues comment on her ability to communicate well at all levels and her collaborative approach with her clients’ wider network of advisers and with specialists across the firm in areas such as property, family and corporate law.

Expertise

  • Personal Tax and Wealth Structuring
  • Heritage Property
  • Trusts
  • Co-ownership issues (including Declarations of Trust)
  • Estate Administration and Probate
  • Cross-border Wills and Succession Planning
  • Powers of Attorney
  • International and UK Mental Capacity issues and Contentious Court of Protection

Experience

  • Inheritance tax and off-shore trusts – advising an international UK resident client in the de-enveloping of UK property held in an off-shore trust company. Restructuring the family’s landed estates to secure heritage relief and agricultural property relief. Liaising with the firm’s Charity team in setting up a charitable company to meet the family’s philanthropic objectives.
  • Family Business and Governance – assisting the firm’s Corporate and Corporate tax team in the creation of a Family Investment Company for a property-developer client.
  • Contested Estates – liaising with the contentious probate team to act as finance deputy for a mentally incapacitated beneficiary in relation to a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.
  • International Mental Capacity – advising the finance attorney of an incapacitated trustee and beneficiary in relation to a court application to be appointed as trustee of a non-UK registered family trust of a life assurance policy in order to mitigate the significant inheritance tax payable on the death of the said beneficiary.

Recognition

Arshoo is recognised as a Next Generation Partner in the Legal 500 2025 guide and has been ranked in the directory since 2017. She has also been noted in the Private Client Global Elite Directory as ‘One to Watch’.

Legal 500 (2025) Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate

  • “Arshoo Singh is a standout lawyer. Thorough, detail orientated and yet excellent at putting clients at ease. Due to the breadth of her practice she is a trusted adviser to many.”

Legal 500 (2025) Court of Protection

  • “Arshoo Singh also brings an international element to the firm which is rare in this area of law.”
  • “Arshoo Singh is a star individual in Court of Protection property and affairs. She commands the trust of clients (including professional clients such as trust corporations) and I have observed that judges rely on her sensible and realistic submissions.”

Legal 500 (2024) Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate

  • “Arshoo Singh is someone of exceptional talent which, when combined with her empathetic approach to the client, gives her unrivalled insight into their situation. She is pragmatic in her approach to legal problems and highly knowledgeable in her field of expertise. Combine that with her desire to do the very best for her clients”.

Legal 500 (2024) Court of Protection

  • “Arshoo Singh is an unflappable solicitor with an exceptional ability to guide clients through difficult proceedings. I have been privileged to work with Arshoo on some very challenging cases involving complex issues of law. Arshoo maintains a friendly and approachable persona at all times”.
  • “I have worked very closely with Arshoo Singh for the past 3 – 4 years when it comes to the area of Court of Protection. She has often gone above and beyond to assist me during this time. Arshoo is always available, and extremely empathetic”.

Legal 500 (2024) Contentious Trusts and Probate

  • “Arshoo Singh is excellent. She has the real advantage of skill and experience in both non-contentious and contentious trust and probate work which gives her an edge”.

Legal 500 (2023)

  • “Arshoo Singh is passionate about her clients. She is a confident individual with strong client relationships.”

Legal 500 (2022)

  • “Arshoo Singh is extremely knowledgeable, personal and easy to work with”.

Legal 500 (2021)

  • “ I have worked with Arshoo Singh and found her to be the consummate professional: clearly knowledgeable yet personable and user-friendly with clients”.

Memberships

  • Full Member of Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
  • Full Member of Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Solicitors (ACTAPs)
  • Member of CoPPA (Court of Protection Forum)
  • Professional Deputies Forum (PDF)
  • Qualified Mental Health First Aider with NHS England

Always available, and extremely empathetic

I have worked very closely with Arshoo Singh for the past 3 – 4 years when it comes to the area of Court of Protection. She has often gone above and beyond to assist me during this time. Arshoo is always available, and extremely empathetic.

"Arshoo Singh is a standout lawyer. Thorough, detail orientated and yet excellent at putting clients at ease. Due to the breadth of her practice she is a trusted adviser to many."

Legal 500

A Trusted and Detail-Oriented Legal Expert

Arshoo Singh is a standout lawyer. Thorough, detail orientated and yet excellent at putting clients at ease. Due to the breadth of her practice she is a trusted adviser to many.

Legal 500

Expert in Court of Protection Legal Matters

Arshoo Singh is a star individual in Court of Protection property and affairs. She commands the trust of clients (including professional clients such as trust corporations) and I have observed that judges rely on her sensible and realistic submissions.

Legal 500

Skill and experience

Arshoo Singh is excellent. She has the real advantage of skill and experience in both non-contentious and contentious trust and probate work which gives her an edge.

Legal 500

Exceptional ability to guide clients through difficult proceedings.

Arshoo Singh is an unflappable solicitor with an exceptional ability to guide clients through difficult proceedings. I have been privileged to work with Arshoo on some very challenging cases involving complex issues of law. Arshoo maintains a friendly and approachable persona at all times.

Legal 500

Exceptional talent

Arshoo Singh is someone of exceptional talent which, when combined with her empathetic approach to the client, gives her unrivalled insight into the their situation. She is pragmatic in her approach to legal problems and highly knowledgeable in her field of expertise. Combine that with her desire to do the very best for her clients.

Legal 500

Passionate about her clients

Arshoo Singh is passionate about her clients. She is a confident individual with strong client relationships.



Legal 500

Extremely knowledgeable

Arshoo Singh is extremely knowledgeable, personal and easy to work with.

Legal 500

Consummate professional:

I have worked with Arshoo Singh and found her to be the consummate professional: clearly knowledgeable yet personable and user-friendly with clients.

Legal 500
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