Barry McDonough

Barry McDonough is a senior private client solicitor at Arthur Cox Solicitors Belfast , specialising in succession planning for high-net-worth individuals and family business owners. He is dual-qualified in Northern Ireland and England & Wales and specialises in estate planning matters.Barry holds the STEP Diploma in Trusts and Estates (TEP) and the STEP Advanced Certificate in Advising Family Business. He regularly advises on succession planning, shareholder protection structures, including cross option agreements, and delivers professional training to solicitors, accountants and financial advisers.He is also a senior lecturer and Module Coordinator at the Institute for Professional Legal Studies at Queens University in Belfast and is actively involved in thought leadership on inheritance tax and family business succession planning.