Tax

We are recognised as leaders in the structuring and facilitation of tax efficient investment and funding structures (including EIS, private equity and UK and offshore debt arrangements), restructuring and refinancing (of UK and international groups, in particular, some notable insolvent restructuring and refinancing work), initial public offerings, exit planning (including large trade sales, private equity and sales to employee ownership trusts) and negotiating the tax contents of transactional documents. The Tax team has also established a high-quality practice advising on the tax and legal structuring of private equity and co-investment funds.

Our property tax law offering is widely acknowledged and respected for complex real estate tax and investment structuring, acting routinely on foreign property holding structures, forward funding transactions, development structures such as of student accommodation, retirement villages and build to rent projects as well as global property investments with a focus on tax efficient structuring of UK investment and subsidiary businesses.

We are highly experienced advisers in the employment sphere including EMI, SIP and other schemes for UK and multinational business.

The Tax law team has grown a strong reputation for the handling of contentious tax matters, including a number of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) enquiries, investigations and disputes, where we aim to adopt a pragmatic and commercial approach, successfully defending taxpayers in a number of complex cases.