Mr Kean has 15 years’ experience advising private clients, partnerships, trusts, estates and entrepreneurs on their personal and wealth management tax strategies. His extensive experience embraces tax compliance, inheritance tax, capital gains tax, succession planning, new businesses structures, restructuring and shareholder exit strategies. He also has specialist knowledge of international residence tax, offshore structures and anti-avoidance provisions for the transfer of assets abroad.

Having started his career with a Big Four firm, Mr Kean then worked for a further three mid-tier firms in Scotland where he extended his expertise in personal tax. As a partner he will play a key role in driving the delivery of personal tax advice and services to Azets’ expanding personal and business clients in Edinburgh and across Scotland.

Mr Kean said: “I am delighted to have joined Azets and look forward to helping clients develop the most effective strategies in an increasingly complex personal tax environment.

“The proposed changes to inheritance tax are giving clients major cause for concern, particularly in relation to pensions and succession planning.

“With further personal tax changes already in place and more tax changes anticipated, Azets is well-placed to help clients develop the most effective strategies for their personal circumstances.”

Gareth Magee, Edinburgh office managing partner, added: “We are delighted to welcome John to our Edinburgh office as partner.

“He is highly regarded in personal tax and will be a major asset to our growing client base. Our Edinburgh office has seen significant expansion in recent years and offers our clients high quality advice across every area of business life and personal wealth.

“We have always had a strong reputation in Personal Tax and John is a great addition to the team.”