Ross Holmes Group

"Ross Holmes is Managing Partner of Ross Holmes Lawyers, Managing Director of Ross Holmes Trusts Limited, a Director of a number of private companies, and a trustee of the trusts established by his family.

Ross graduated with an honours degree in law from Victoria University in Wellington in 1971 (which included a masters paper in taxation and estate planning). He has been practising as a lawyer since 1973 and has been a partner in law firms since 1975.

Ross specialises in asset protection planning and trusts. He is a member of the international Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), the author of the best selling books on trusts: "Sham Trusts" (1999), "Success with Trusts" (2000), "Successful Trust Management" (2002 and 2005), is a contributing author to legal publishers Lexis Nexis text book "Law of Trusts" (2000), and has had articles on trusts published in legal journals.

His experience in the asset protection planning field includes a period as senior manager in the taxation division of a leading accountancy firm, and a period as Managing Director of an Australia and New Zealand Banking Group international trustee company subsidiary. Ross gives regular seminars on "Solutions with Trusts" and "Sham Trusts""