Citywealth Forum USA 2026 – Speaker: Robert Macro, Druces
Robert Macro
Partner – Head of International Private Client at Druces
Robert is a partner in the private client department at Druces LLP and the head of the international wealth and fiduciary team. He has significant experience with UK and international tax planning, trust matters, probates, tax disclosures and disputes acting for banks, high net worth individuals, trustees, international companies, UK collection societies and partnerships.
Robert specialises in complex tax planning for international and domestic clients. He is recommended for his specialist knowledge in restructuring business assets and optimising investments into real estate and new technology worldwide. Robert has particular expertise in dealing with copyright in relation to film and television directors and the UK representative body of those directors.
Robert has been involved in a number of notable matters successfully assisting clients caught up in the HSBC data theft in Switzerland and dealing with issues for fiduciaries drawn into litigation with a new government of a Middle Eastern state following the Arab Spring. He has pioneered the use of various tax reliefs with claims for the remittance basis of taxation. He is an effective communicator with a detailed knowledge of offshore structures and the relationship those structures have with onshore tax systems.
Citywealth magazine’s guide to the most highly regarded figures in private wealth management says that Robert: “always looks for solutions, is a creative thinker, tenacious in his approach and great to deal with”. He is recommended by the Legal 500 for being “solutions driven” and for his “practical and theoretical offshore knowledge and experience”. He was in the recognised category for BVI trust lawyers in PLC Which Lawyer.
Specialties: Tax planning (domestic and international)
Estate planning (complex wills and lifetime planning)
Trusts (drafting and disputes)
Probate and administration of estates
Residence and domicile issues
Use of international structures to achieve tax savings and preserve privacy
Tax disclosures and disputes
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