Amy is an Associate in the firm’s Private Client team advising on all aspects of personal taxation, succession planning and family governance. Amy has experience advising UK and non-UK tax resident individual and corporate clients with connections to and assets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US.
She started her career as a corporate tax lawyer and has advised individuals and companies on tax matters in respect of asset and share disposals, acquisitions, liquidations and corporate restructures; often with a cross-border element. Amy has experience in advising on the tax and structuring considerations involved with charitable giving.
Yasmin is an Associate in the firm’s Corporate team where she advises on a wide range of corporate tax issues arising on real estate transactions, corporate transactions and reorganisations, and employee incentives. She also supports clients facing tax enquiries and investigations by HMRC.
She has a great commercial sense and likes to provide practical and concise advice to clients which can be readily implemented.
Yasmin’s clients include UK and international businesses and high net worth individuals and executives. She speaks fluent Farsi and understands the business culture in Iran, making her well placed to help those with business interests in Iran and across the Middle East.
Oliver provides tax advice relating to commercial and residential real estate, corporate M&A deals, and corporate aspects of private client deals. His advice includes profits on trading, VAT, SDLT and capital taxes.
He advises on a range of corporate tax issues, covering taxes on UK residential and commercial property transactions, withholding taxes on international finance deals, tax provisions in corporate M&A transactions, structuring for UK and international clients, taxation of crypto-assets and taxes affecting employers and employees.
Elizabeth is a go-to tax lawyer who has an enthusiasm for out-of-the-box thinking and has been described as ‘committed, technically sound’ and ‘pragmatic’.
As a Partner and Head of Corporate Tax, Elizabeth specialises in corporate tax, focusing on M&A and corporate reorganisations/restructurings. She advises large institutional clients on forward-funding transactions and high-end mixed-use developments. Elizabeth provides comprehensive guidance on various tax issues, including VAT, SDLT and CIS, ensuring all aspects of the transaction are considered for optimal tax efficiency. Additionally, she advises on the use of entrepreneur’s relief and employee incentives to further benefit her clients.
Elizabeth has particular expertise in dealing with enfranchisement matters. Her work includes acting for the Phillimore Estate and the Crown Estate, dealing with their enfranchisement claims and management issues arising from their property portfolios.
Her experience in commercial and residential property encompasses the full range of property types, including hotels, bars, care homes and student accommodation, as well as offices and prime residential property and she works with the whole spectrum of clients who have interests in property, including pension funds, international property developers and landed estates.
Elizabeth is an enthusiastic and engaged tax lawyer who loves her subject and enjoys getting the best commercial outcome for her clients. Thinking creatively, she brings a wide range of experience to the matters she works on.
Acknowledging her invaluable ‘can-do attitude’ and ‘creative thinking,’ Heather’s clients cite ‘her knowledge of complex multi-jurisdiction corporate structures’ and her ‘extensive network when working with unusual jurisdictions.’
As a Partner in the Tax team, Heather has a wealth of knowledge in direct and indirect tax issues and regularly advises on corporation tax, capital gains tax (including NRCGT), income tax, national insurance contributions, VAT, stamp duty land tax and the construction industry scheme. She advises a wide variety of clients on corporate real estate transactions, acquisitions, disposals, developments, and joint ventures. Her experience includes advising on hotels, student accommodation, care homes, commercial and mixed- use developments. Heather is also an expert in real estate fund structures.
She advises on M&A transactions, corporate re-organisations and setting up share incentive plans.
Heather’s priority is to provide clients with clear advice and support in challenging situations, always ensuring that she has a complete understanding of their commercial objectives and striving to meet these in an efficient manner.
Her clients include domestic and international property investors and developers, institutional real estate investors (including pension funds), blockchain and crypto-asset businesses, corporates, international executives, and high net worth individuals.
Heather’s wide-ranging experience includes everything from advising on the tax aspects of the purchase of a football club to working with a small UK start-up right through its lifecycle to becoming a major international group.
