The specialist corporate tax practice at Birketts LLP is well versed in structuring and transactional tax advice, as well as strategic land development, employee incentive arrangements, employee ownership trusts, and advice on Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) investment. It also has niche expertise in advising farming businesses on tax-efficient structuring. 'The quality of service provided is excellent at very competitive pricing that is unbeatable when compared to a London city law firm', remarks one client. 'Highly efficient, meticulous, prompt' head of corporate tax Karl Pocock is based in Norwich, as is key associate Ben Clarke. In Ipswich, head of employee incentives Lisa Hayward is the principal contact.
Corporate tax in East Anglia
Birketts LLP
Responsables de la pratique:
Karl Pocock; Lisa Hayward
Autres avocats clés:
Ben Clarke
Les références
‘The strengths of Birketts corporation tax team lies in the capabilities of the partners who led and their associates. I sense a close bond and dedication within the team members. Over almost two decades, the legal firm and its team have provided superb services to not just our company (property client with UK property) but also personally as beneficial landowners. The quality of service provided by every member involved directly and indirectly is excellent at very competitive pricing that is unbeatable when compared to a London city law firm. Highly recommended.’
‘Karl Pocock is an excellent tax solicitor – highly efficient, meticulous, prompt, caring, knows his stuff, capable of tackling complexity with absolute attention to details – who advises consistently with precision from all angles. He has earned my top recommendation through many years.’
Principaux clients
Shareholders of the Stephen James Group
Boskalis/Gardline
The Vintage Cosmetic Company
YFM
Foresight Group
Shareholders of EPG Energy Limited
Shareholders of Farthest Gate Limited
Shareholders of HHB Communications
Ziegler UK
Steel Reinforcement Product Manufacturer
Principaux dossiers
Mills & Reeve LLP
The firm-wide corporate tax practice at Mills & Reeve LLP has a strong presence in the firm's East Anglia offices. Matthew Short in Norwich co-leads the practice with Birmingham-based Kevin Lowe, while Norwich, principal associate John Kahn brings to bear his specialist knowledge of employee ownership trusts, and consultant Robert Kent in Cambridge handles corporate tax and real estate tax matters, with notable expertise in corporate funds and VAT advisory work. The firm's work encompasses advice on complex tax issues arising from M&A and banking transactions, as well as IR35 issues, property tax structuring, social investments, and venture capital transactions. The practice also has specialist knowledge of tax matters in the sports, charities, and education sectors.
Responsables de la pratique:
Kevin Lowe; Matthew Short
Autres avocats clés:
Robert Kent; John Kahn
Principaux clients
Railpen
Marshall Group
Sue Ryder
The Howard Group
Christ Church Oxford
The Wellcome Trust
Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
Trinity College, Cambridge
TOF Corporate Trustee Limited
St John’s College, Cambridge
Kadans Science Partner
Urban & Civic Group
Foresight Group LLP
Principaux dossiers
- Acting for Orchard Street Investment Management on the first deal made on behalf of its flagship Impact Fund (which targets real estate investments with the potential to generate a measurable social and environmental impact). The Impact Fund acquired Euroway Trade Park, a multi-let industrial estate in Aylesford, and will transform the sustainability credentials of this asset.
- Ongoing tax support to Trinity College Cambridge in relation to all aspects of its £1billion+ property portfolio, including strategic advice in relation to the proposed development of Dunsfold Park, site of the former Top Gear Track.
- Tax advice support for TOF Corporate Trustee Limited in its acquisition of the Exning Estate, Newmarket (a rural estate comprises 719 hectares of commercial, residential and agricultural properties including an Equine Hospital, 155-acre solar farm and 40 residential dwellings).