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Dhana Sabanathan

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Solicitor – Admitted 2007
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Dhana considers tax matters holistically and is very good at summarising the important factors which need to be considered, in a professional and conscientious way.

Chambers High Net Worth 2024

Dhana Sabanathan is extremely knowledgeable, extremely professional, very kind, and very flexible. Dhana is someone I would recommend to any client, she’s always very much up to date.

Chambers High Net Worth 2024

Dhana Sabanathan is a top professional, very knowledgeable and thorough.

Legal 500 2024

Dhana Sabanathan is a super star. She is technically excellent and a truly lovely person to work with. Her advice is very clear and comprehensive.

Legal 500 2024

Dhana Sabanathan is technically excellent and commercially astute. She excels at business development through looking after her clients and going over and above for them.

Legal 500 2024

Dhana Sabanathan is exceptional and provides extremely clear and timely advice. She is excellent at delivering verbally or in writing and I would introduce her to all of my clients if I could!”

Legal 500 2023

Dhana is excellent.

Chambers High Net Worth 2023

Dhana Sabanathan “is the absolute go-to for ultra high net worth wealth management and estate planning, with particular skill in international tax advice and its interplay with complex pre and post-nuptial agreements.

Chambers High Net Worth 2022

Dhana is fantastic, she ticks every box. She is technically excellent, highly responsive and sensitive to client needs. She is a great person to work with.

Chambers High Net Worth 2022

Dhana Sabanathan’s strengthens include a strong legal and tax knowledge, a focus on relationship management and great communication skills with her clients.

Legal 500 2025

Overview

I am a Partner in the Tax, Trusts and Succession team in London, part of the Firm’s Private Wealth team. I joined Michelmores in 2023 from Winckworth Sherwood, where I was a Partner in the Private Business and Wealth team for over five years, and prior to that I was a Partner at an international law firm.

My experience is in the private wealth sector, where I specialise in working with high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals, family offices, entrepreneurs, corporates and owner-managed businesses. I advise significant family offices and in addition to UK based clients, I act for clients based in Europe, the US, Asia and the Middle East.

I am ‘independently ranked’ for Private Wealth Law in the Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2024 and recommended in the Legal 500 2024. I have also been recognised in the Citywealth Leaders List as well as Eprivate Client. I am a contributing author at LexisNexis, a member of STEP and on the committee for the STEP City of London branch. I was awarded Gold in the ‘Outstanding Individual of the Year’ category at CityWealth’s Powerwomen Awards 2024.

I regularly write articles on tax and trust updates (published in the Financial Times) and enjoy speaking at conferences, including hosting an annual conference for our intermediary contacts.

Areas of expertise
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Family Business
  • International
  • International Private Wealth
  • Legal Services in Asia
  • Private Wealth
  • Property
  • Tax, Trusts & Succession

Recent experience

Advising on and drafting documents for offshore structuring (trust, foundation and private trust company structures) for tax, asset protection and succession purposes.

Advising individuals, trustees and companies on reporting requirements, including trust registers, the Register of Overseas Entities, as well as the implications of FATCA and the Common Reporting Standard (CRS)

Advising on SDLT, Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED), ATED related gains and Non Resident CGT rules in respect of high value UK residential property and de-enveloping property owning structures

Advising entrepreneurs on restructuring their business prior to potential exit

Advising individuals ceasing UK residence (including relocation advice) and pre-UK residence tax planning

Complex Will drafting for international couples, in particular to incorporate US and UK tax planning

Advising on HMRC enquiries and compliance checks, including domicile queries

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