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Our advisers act on domestic and international matters of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names in the market. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and industry sectors.
Advised leading Premier League football club on the complex contractual extension of a global star player, including specialist employment tax advice and image rights provisions, demonstrating expertise in employment law and holistic support to the client’s HR and commercial legal teams.
Advised a leisure and tourism organisation on compliance with National Minimum Wage requirements for workers employed across the United Kingdom.
Advised Chapel Down Group plc, one of the leading English sparkling wine producers, on its admission to AIM.
Advised Taylor Hopkinson Limited, a Glasgow-based recruitment partner to global renewable energy leaders, on its majority sale to Brunel International BV. Brunel has an option to acquire the remaining shares after three years.
Advised the shareholders of Central Investment Services (Scotland) Limited on its sale to the Ascot Lloyd group for an aggregate upfront and contingent consideration of ~£10 million. The target is a financial services business based in Aberdeen, and will form part of the Ascot Lloyd Group, the largest independent financial adviser business in the UK with over £9 billion under management, and is back by Ares Management Limited. We advised on the tax covenant as well as on the exercise of EMI options and sale of the option shares.
Advised a municipal utility company on tax and social security compliance on marginal employment relationships.
Advised a drilling company on international secondments of personnel on the application of German regulations regarding continued remuneration payments, parental leave and maternity protection to employees who regularly work abroad. This included advice on the planning, preparation and implementation of termination of employment relationships and on international labour lease of employees including revision of labour lease agreements.
Advise a high profile Middle Eastern family on tax of all types including VAT, CIS, SDLT, ATED, NRLS, PAYE, NIC, CT, and structuring advice in relation to the development of a substantial residential property in London.
Acted for investors in a film partnership in a judicial review of HMRC's issue of partner payment notices in the case of Rowe and others v HMRC [2015] EWHC 2293 (Admin). Investment in excess of £58m, losses claimed in excess of £31m.
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Partner, Global Head of Corporate Tax
EmailEloise is global head of the Corporate Tax team, specialising in corporate tax, structured finance and investment funds for a wide range of corporate and financial institutions.
Partner, Head of Employment & Incentives, UK
EmailHelen is listed as an “Eminent Practitioner” in Chambers UK Legal Guide and is known for advising on complex and sensitive employment issues to clients in the public and private sector. A significant part of her practice is conducting complex and high-profile investigations and managing disputes
Partner
EmailGonzalo has a broad range of experience in tax structuring transactions. He has advised leading private equity and sovereign funds, financial institutions, investment banks and large corporations in M&A transactions, real estate investments and finance transactions.
Legal Director
EmailAnthony is an experienced senior employment lawyer with particular expertise in HR compliance counselling and the transactional aspects of employment law, such as the HR aspects of M&A, private equity transactions, commercial contracts and outsourcings, and real estate transactions.
Legal Director
EmailPenny specialises in tax risk management and works closely with large corporates to help them manage their exposure to various tax risks.
Partner
EmailJames advises UK and international companies, in both the private and listed environment, on share incentives matters - from implementing tax-efficient arrangements to FS regulatory requirements and the impact of M&A transactions.
Legal Director
EmailChris specialises in both trust law and charity law in a commercial context. He also advises on a wide range of employment and pension tax issues. Chris is a member of the Charity Law Association.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed Sarah Derbyshire as General Counsel.
Orbital has built specific workflows for Scottish commercial real estate work, built around Scots Law and Scottish real estate practice
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Penta Real Estate on its investment into a landmark £230 million-plus joint venture with Staycity Group and advised the joint venture on the financing arrangements for the development, which will deliver a 350-room Wilde aparthotel in the heart of London's Farringdon district.
Eloise Walker
Partner, Global Head of Corporate Tax
