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Keeping things compliant

UK tax law is ever-changing and, chances are, your business tax needs shift regularly too. Whether you're planning growth and expansion, implementing new strategies or adapting to changing industry landscapes, you'll need support from tax lawyers who can keep up with the pace.

Our full-service Tax team has all bases covered. With extensive experience advising large corporates, financial institutions, lenders and borrowers, funds, management teams, trustees, public bodies and entrepreneurs, you can count on us to provide innovative, clear and pragmatic advice across a broad range of tax issues.

From managing tax risk and delivering tax efficient structuring to advising on employee incentivisation, we're at the cutting edge of transactional tax planning. We can help you navigate the challenges presented to you without losing sight of your commercial goals.

Assessing your needs

We're fully integrated with our wider legal teams and so provide tax-savvy and market-facing solutions that are tailored to your needs.

We're an international firm, with access to specialist tax lawyers across the globe. So, we're equipped to provide multi-jurisdictional, comprehensive tax solutions and project manage them for you.

Assessing your needs

We're fully integrated with our wider legal teams and so provide tax-savvy and market-facing solutions that are tailored to your needs.

We're an international firm, with access to specialist tax lawyers across the globe. So, we're equipped to provide multi-jurisdictional, comprehensive tax solutions and project manage them for you.

How we can help

We can provide focused tax advice tailored to meet your individual requirements, whether UK or cross-border.

Real estate tax

We're part of one of the largest real estate sector groups in the UK. We will work with your team to manage and deliver tax solutions for your real estate transactions - whether that's a simple sale and purchase, complex real estate restructuring or sophisticated tax advisory work.

Real estate tax

Corporate transactional tax

Our tax solicitors can help you cut through the complexity of the corporate tax regime to ensure delivery of your transaction, on time and on budget. We offer specialist transactional tax advice on a range of domestic and international deals, which pre-empts issues, avoids tax leakage and reduces tax risk.

Private equity

We routinely handle complex, cross-border and highly structured private equity transactions. So, we're well versed in the unique tax demands you're likely to face throughout the process. Whether you're looking for support with transactional delivery, advising management or providing advice to the fund, we can help.

Finance

Borrower or lender, domestic or international - our tax lawyers advise a broad range of individuals and businesses across a spectrum of finance arrangements. This includes leveraged finance, real estate finance and structured finance transactions.

Employee incentives and remuneration

Our specialists design and implement tax-efficient employee share plans and renumeration structures. We also assist with due diligence; regularising issues identified throughout the process. We exercise cross-jurisdiction schemes, co-ordinate tax and valuation advice and manage withholding obligations.

Investment funds

We form an integral part of our Investment Management team. With clients including large institutions, investment banks, pension funds and private equity funds. We offer comprehensive advice, covering tax requirements and ensuring tax efficiency is maximised at every stage of the fund lifecycle.

International

We offer support on a multi-national level and are regularly engaged in the structuring and delivery of cross-border transactions across a broad range of sectors. From withholding tax and the availability of double tax treaty relief to cross border tax disclosure requirements, base erosion and profit shifting, we'll ensure compliance.

Tax on demand

If you're a professional services firm looking to outsource your tax law requirements, we can work alongside your internal teams and clients to meet all your needs. We can become a truly integrated part of your team, sharing our expert knowledge and advice through our tax on demand service.