Stephen Arthur qualified as a solicitor in England in 1974, and as a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation in 1975. From 1980 until 1998 he was lead tax partner (domestic and international) with major London law firms, specialising in offshore trusts and structures and tax enquiry/audit cases.

From 1998 until 2002 he worked in Geneva as managing director of the Swiss trust company of a major international bank group.

He was called to the Bar as a barrister in the UK in 2002. His practice focuses on taxation and international trust matters. Much of his work is undertaken directly for offshore trust and corporate service providers, as well as for solicitors and their clients in the UK.

Stephen is a well-known author on technical tax matters – he has contributed chapters to Tolley’s International Tax Planning (now in 4th Edition), and Tax on Transactions (a major loose-leaf work), as well as numerous articles in Tax Planning International, Tax Planning International Review, Tax Adviser, Taxation and other journals. He is currently one of the joint editors of The STEP Journal, and is often a speaker at CPD and other professional development seminars in and outside the UK.

From 1997 until the end of 2005 he was chairman of the European Branch of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.

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