Michael Parnell-King

Michael is head of the Private Client team.

He specialises in onshore and off shore estate/tax planning for UK and foreign domiciled clients. He has connections with experts in a great many foreign jurisdictions with whom he liaises, when necessary. He also has considerable experience in all fields of private client work.

Before joining the firm Michael was a partner of Poole & Co in the West Country specialising in Tax and Trusts for high net worth clients and Agricultural Property. He joined Gregory Rowcliffe Milners in 1999.

Michael has many interests including sailing, tennis and classic cars.

e: m.parnell-king@grm.co.uk

Philip Carter

Partner

Philip specialises in Private Client matters, in particular drafting wills, administering estates and trusts, tax planning, receiverships under the Court of Protection, drawing and administering powers of attorney and resealing foreign grants of probate in this country. He is a member of the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP) and the Probate Section of the Law Society.

After obtaining his degree at Exeter University he was articled to Smiles & Co. (later amalgamated to become Simmonds Church Smiles) and became a partner in 1989

e: p.carter@grm.co.uk

Ian Bowyer

Ian is a Legal Executive in the Private Client team.

He has extensive knowledge of on-shore trusts and probate work  and the taxation issues relating to them. Ian deals with complex high value estates  including heritage property, will drafting and tax planning.

Ian attended Simon Langton Grammar School before joining Gregory Rowcliffe Milners in 1987. He qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives in 1995.

Ian's interests include cricket, golf and Leeds United FC.

e: i.bowyer@grm.co.uk

Sarah Riaz

Trainee Solicitor

Sarah is currently a trainee in the Private Client Department.   

Sarah is German and took the Abitur at Graf Eberhardt School in Bad Urach, southern Germany.  She then studied at Eberhardt Karls Universiteat in Tuebingen before obtaining her LLB from Anglia Ruskin University and completing the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law in Guildford in 2007.   

Sarah is a member of the British German Jurist's Association, the Lawyers Christian Fellowship, the German Speaking Lawyers Association and the City of Westminster and Holborn Law Society. 

In her free time she enjoys traveling, drawing and long walks.

e: s.riaz@grm.co.uk

Andrew Haswell

Administration Assistant

Andrew works within the trust and probate section of the Private Client team. He deals with deeds and investments record keeping, including archive enquiries and computer database recording,

He was educated at Forest Hill Comprehensive School for Boys and joined the firm in July 1969.

e: a.haswell@grm.co.uk