Wycombe Hurd & Co was established by Patrick Hurd as a sole practitioner on 1st January 1992 as a 'niche' legal tax practice. In February 2009 the firm merged with Pitmans, Solicitors a leading South of England firm in Reading and the City of London.

Wycombe Hurd & Co's principal areas of work cover:-

· International tax planning;
· Commercial and offshore planning, often in connection with the use of cross-border structures;
· Domestic UK commercial tax (particularly in relation to M&A work);
· Estate planning, trusts and the taxation of trusts and non domiciliaries.

The firm has developed close working co-operation with other tax professionals to provide the necessary depth of service to meet clients' demands, and a new tax group, aimed at advising professional firms has been initiated by us between a number of complementary independent tax advisors, with a particular emphasis on cross border work, both for individuals and businesses. Information on this development will be available soon.

Where clients have need of legal services outside of our fields of expertise, these can be organised and coordinated through the close links we have established with several firms of lawyers with whom we work closely.

For many years now we have been a member of Commercial Lawyers Group, a close network comprising other personally run commercial law firms in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Spain and Switzerland.

Patrick qualified in London in 1981 and spent six years in the Channel Islands both in banking and in private practice. Between 1989 and the setting up of his own practice on 1st January 1992, he worked with a large London City firm of lawyers in the international section of their company commercial department, with a primary responsibility for taxation matters.

Patrick has contributed to periodicals including Tax Letter Europe, Offshore Tax Planning Review and Taxation magazine and he lectures in the UK and Europe. His most recent lecture in London in May 2008 was in relation to double tax treaties. Other recent subjects included "Company residence - international aspects" and "Capital Tax Planning for the Family Home". "Residence and Domicile" and "International Tax Planning for the Smaller Business".