The corporate tax team at Burges Salmon LLP offers a broad range of transactional capabilities, including M&A, private equity and group tax matters. Supporting the firm’s wide range of transactional teams, the practice assists clients across a wide range of industry sectors including energy, infrastructure and transport, as well as providing standalone advice on direct and indirect taxes. Ian Carnochan leads the practice with longstanding experience in handling tax matters relating to corporates, private equity, and real estate clients. Known for her renewable energy focus, Hilary Barclay has expertise in corporate and financing transactions, reorganisations and group tax advice. Gillian Griffiths is another name to note, with deep knowledge in relation to investment funds and real estate matters.
Corporate tax in South West
Burges Salmon LLP
Responsables de la pratique:
Ian Carnochan
Autres avocats clés:
Hilary Barclay; Gillian Griffiths
Les références
‘Good team, available and knowledgeable on the facts.’
‘Very attentive.’
Principaux clients
Fasadgruppen Group AB
Gooch & Housego PLC
Virgin Hotels
FirstGroup plc
The Crown Estate
Rock Road
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
SA Wear Ltd and Mia Walters
Atlantic Green UK Limited
AOTI, Inc
Oxygen Conservation (Skyfall Conservation Limited)
A wholly-owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)
Principaux dossiers
- Advised a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority on the sale of 33 Marriott International Hotels.
- Advised Border to Coast Pensions Partnership on the launch of its £1.2bn UK real estate fund.
- Advised US medical technology group, AOTI, Inc. on its £140m London float.
Osborne Clarke LLP
Capable of applying its ‘technical tax knowledge’ to commercial situations, Osborne Clarke LLP is particularly adept regarding fund structuring, investments, as well as real estate and corporate transactions. Bringing far-reaching expertise, the practice advises on matters across a vast range of industry sectors including technology, media and financial services. Tracey Wright heads the firm’s corporate tax team and acts on corporate mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and shareholder advisory mandates, while Erika Jupe leads the international tax arm of the group, handling cross-border transactions alongside bringing a strong fund structuring and advisory focus. Elizabeth Shanahan is a further key contact.
Responsables de la pratique:
Tracey Wright; Erika Jupe
Autres avocats clés:
Elizabeth Shanahan
Les références
‘Reliable and responsive. Advice is well researched and well presented. Personable and interested in the business.’
‘The Osborne Clarke team is rare mix of being a genuinely partner-led, full service which creates a depth of partnership with its clients to transcend the traditional lawyer / client relationship and create a commercial relationship in helping you succeed.’
‘They have particular strength in horizon scanning, shaping knowledge and contacts you need and putting the right team around delivery of projects whether in established markets or emerging market sectors.’
‘Tracey Wright is our go to tax lawyer and an asset to any transaction. Tracey’s calm, practical and no-nonsense style can make you forget that she is often navigating though complex, first of their kind solutions to the demands of complex projects. Quite simply deals go more smoothly because Tracey is on them and her expertise is second to none.’
‘Elizabeth Shanahan is excellent and provided pragmatic and efficient advice.’
‘All of the team members combine great expertise with great customer care and understanding of particular situations. They can apply technical tax knowledge with a commercial situation to ensure that advice is practicable and suitable.’
‘Elizabeth Shanahan is particularly excellent, leading from the front with clear and commercial advice.’
‘Elizabeth Shanahan was all over the technical tax impacts of our case and what it meant for our management team as individuals, so did a top job.’
Principaux clients
M&G Residential Property Fund
Foresight
Equitix Infrastructure
PGIM Limited
BDW Trading Limited
Bridges Fund Management
Vodafone Group
GLP
Barwood Capital
Taylor Wimpey plc
Edmond de Rothschild Residential Property Fund
The British Land plc
Vistry Group
Newcore Capital
Kester Capital
Illuminate Financial Management
Hochtief PPP
Wilmington plc
M&G Residential Property Fund
Foresight
Equitix Infrastructure
PGIM Limited
BDW Trading Limited
Bridges Fund Management
Vodafone Group
GLP
Barwood Capital
Taylor Wimpey plc
Edmond de Rothschild Residential Property Fund
The British Land plc
Vistry Group
Newcore Capital
Kester Capital
Illuminate Financial Management
Hochtief PPP
Wilmington plc
Principaux dossiers
- Acted for long standing client on the sale of M&G on the sale of The Astley, Manchester.
- Provided full tax structuring advice to infrastructure investor, developer and manager Equitix and construction company Graham, on their successful bid to serve as delivery partners for the University of Manchester’s Fallowfield Campus redevelopment.
- Provided tax structuring advice and transactional support to Staffordshire Campus Living, a consortium formed of Hochtief PPP Solutions and Plenary Group, on the student accommodation project to design, build, finance and operate a student village for Staffordshire University.
Ashfords LLP
Advising on the full spectrum of business-related taxation, the corporate tax practice at Ashfords LLP is well-known for its reorganisation work assisting property investment businesses with the tax consequences of demerging. The team is led by Angus Bauer, who specialises in advising on reorganisations and complicated tax structuring, while John Pindard remains a notable name in corporate and commercial tax, handling M&A deals, venture capital reliefs and cross border issues.
Responsables de la pratique:
Angus Bauer
Autres avocats clés:
John Pindard
Les références
‘John Pindard is an asset to the team.’
‘John Pindard is an excellent communicator, clear and fair and his knowledge of the area is elite. He is comfortable in front of non-legal/tax clients and is able to explain complex situations and provide pragmatic solutions. He is fun to work with, clear on all aspects of the engagement. You want him on your team if you have a tax matter. We wouldn’t go anywhere else for a tax matter.’
‘I find they really understand what I am trying to achieve, not just by what I say, but by listening sometimes by what I don’t say. Invariably once the clear objective is fully understood the outcomes tend to meet my needs significantly better.’
Principaux clients
Learnd Limited
Learnd SE
Craven Street Wealth Limited
Mike Burton Group
Ardonagh Advisory Holdings Limited
Watford Borough Council
Zahid Group
Allianz Management Services Limited
Turas Nadarra Limited
British Solar Renewables
Principaux dossiers
- Advising Learnd on and establishing a new share option plan for UK resident employees who are granted options over the Luxembourg parent company’s shares which are listed on, and are currently trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
- Advising Craven Street Wealth Limited on the purchase of a business and the later sale of the shares in the combined group.
- Advising Ardonagh Advisory Broking Holdings Limited on acquiring 3 target companies. Advising on and reporting to the board of directors on tax issues that arose during the process and negotiating share acquisition documents.
TLT
With dedicated real estate tax, corporate tax, incentives tax and tax disputes practices, TLT provides both a contentious and non-contentious tax offering, handling matters across a vast array of industry sectors such as financial services and future energy. Practice head Ben Watson has longstanding experience advising on issues relating to employment-related securities and employee share schemes. Mark Braude's wide ranging practice notably incorporates advising shareholders on the capital gains tax and income tax implications of the acquisition, disposal or reorganisation of shares or securities, while Emma Bradley specialises in advising on direct and indirect tax arising on corporate transactions.
Responsables de la pratique:
Ben Watson
Autres avocats clés:
Mark Braude; Emma Bradley
Les références
‘Practical, results oriented and efficient. Clear explanations of complex issues, with advice delivered swiftly and understandably. Very nice people to work with, too.’
‘Mark Braude was excellent at simplifying issues to make them easily understandable and therefore resolvable. His advice was straightforward and practical.’
Principaux dossiers
- Providing administrators from global restructuring advisory firm Kroll with VAT advice and general tax support on the sale of the Typhoo Tea business.
- Advised Sovereign Network Group on the tax aspects of its purchase of affordable homes as part of a regeneration project in London, Brent Cross Town.
- Advised the management team of Inside Travel Group and the company’s outgoing investor, Blandford Capital, on the tax aspects of the documentation of the sale of their shares to Piper and Cool Japan Fund and on due diligence issues.