Paul Flude

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Paul Flude is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and specialises in Private Client and Family Office matters. He focuses on Wills, Estate Planning, Trusts, Deceased Estates, and Relocation solutions mainly for global South African families, entrepreneurs, professionals, and retirees.

Paul has amassed almost 30 years of experience in the legal, trust, property, financial services, and immigration industries in South Africa, the Isle of Man, the UK, Guernsey, Switzerland, and Portugal. Paul relocated to the UK after a period in the Isle of Man, whilst still maintaining his legal practice in Cape Town and strong ties to his native South Africa. He has acted as a CEO, Managing Director, Trustee, Executor, Non-Executive Director, Special Advisor, Legal Counsel, and Key Officer of many family entities, trusts, estates, private and charitable organisations in South Africa, the UK, and the Isle of Man.

Paul’s niche Family Office legal consultancy assists private clients – many of whom are South African nationals – with their South African, UK, and international Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Probate, Relocation, Property, and Entrepreneurial needs. He also assists international private clients and entrepreneurs who have business and property interests in South Africa.

Working with the international business and private wealth lawyers at Spencer West and coordinating with licensed international corporate, trust, and residency service providers, Paul acts as a trusted Attorney and Family Officer. He seamlessly co-ordinates with Spencer West solicitors and binds together all the strands of multi-jurisdictional Family Office requirements and Estate Plans for South African families, acting as their Chief Liaison Officer and trusted central point of contact. 

As an entrepreneur in his own right, Paul assists South African families to relocate internationally and to migrate their family office and business interests to the UK and other global jurisdictions. Acting as an independent advisor for internationally ‘mobile’ wealthy families, he has also gained significant expertise in the niche sector of citizenship-by-investment and global residence.

Specialisms

  • Multi-jurisdictional Wills, Trusts, Deceased Estates/Probate & Powers of Attorney (mainly for global South Africans);
  • Estate & multi-generational Succession Planning;
  • Estate Duty/Inheritance Tax (“Death Taxes”) Planning;
  • Family Office, Family Trusts & International Corporate Structures;
  • Immigration, Citizenship, Residency & Relocation solutions for mobile families;
  • Strategic Planning, Business Migration and relocation for multi-jurisdictional entrepreneurs.

 

Client Feedback

I have known Paul for over 25 years, and I have known him as colleague, lawyer, director, advisor and businessman. Paul has a wealth of experience in a number of roles in a career spanning law, fiduciary services, company director and entrepreneur. He combines a high level of technical expertise in South African and international estate planning, wills, trusts and fiduciary services, together with business acumen and corporate governance as a commercial director and business owner. This means that he has the unique ability to act as a legal advisor and specialist as well as providing macro analysis of corporate affairs, risk and strategy. He operates at more than one level: he is used to interfacing with directors, business owners and CEO’s, providing high-level input to boards and management; but with individual clients, providing focused advice and immediate service. His clients always come first and his response time is world-class. I can highly recommend Paul as a man of many talents, an asset to any organisation, a trusted advisor to any client and extremely competent, ethical, hard-working and knowledgeable. And he has a good sense of humour too! 

I have witnessed for many years how you serve your clients and treat your friends. You have always placed their needs above your own, many times to your own detriment. You are quite simply a GEM…you are golden!

It has been a pleasure dealing with you. You have a great sense of humour and are kind and helpful too, unlike many professionals.

I really appreciate the way in which the deceased estate [in the UK] was managed. I’m only sorry it took me so many years to realise I could not manage this on my own and needed specialist assistance. I now have a point of contact for the family should we require any legal assistance in the UK.

Thank you very much for your prompt reply. I imagine you must be very successful, as you sound very nice as well as very professional.

Thanks, Paul – your rapid response was very helpful for me.

Thanks so much Paul, our Wills are 10,000 times better! AMAZING – I can actually understand it – how fantastic! You are worth every penny!

Thank you for being so prompt with getting the Wills drafted for us. We also want to say a big thank you for assisting us and helping us to navigate this complicated process. Your guidance and knowledge has been invaluable in helping us to feel more at ease with the decisions we have made. 

We also want to say a big thank you for assisting us and helping us to navigate this complicated process. Your guidance and knowledge has been invaluable in helping us to feel more at ease with the decisions we have made. 

I cannot thank you enough for your kindness and patience with my mum.

It goes without saying that I have received what I consider to be the ultimate levels in service and advice from a highly qualified, informed, trusted and dear friend. That’s why I chose you. I wouldn’t have wanted anyone else to perform such an important process [with my Will and Estate Planning]. I am very grateful to you.