Hatice Ismail
Legal Director
Hatice advises on all aspects of corporate tax, including corporate M&A, restructuring, structured finance, cross-border and real estate transactions, predominantly for asset managers, investment funds and financial institutions. She also advises on stamp taxes, VAT and international automatic exchange of information regimes.
Hatice's experience
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Advising a leading US private credit fund on a €350m Rule 144A public RMBS securitisation with respect to mortgage loans originated by a group of regulated Spanish banks, with the notes issued and listed on the regulated segment of the Irish Stock Exchange.
- €392m
- Cross-border
- Financial Services
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Assisted Patria Light (Guernsey) Limited with their investment in Bowmark Growth Investment, Partnership, LP, an English limited partnership. Questioned the Fund Counsel and prepared a red flag tax report analysing the various tax risks arising from this investment
- Cross-border
- Financial Services
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Advised AIM FIG (Cayman) Limited on the tax aspects of a $10m co-investment with Smash Capital Fund I LP and other investors to acquire shares of TradingView, Inc. The advice included collaboration with US tax counsel to understand US tax implications such as ECI, FIRPTA, and other tax leakages. A significant US tax risk was identified, which the client must consider as a commercial decision.
- United Kingdom;; Cayman Islands
- Financial Services
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Advised Aegon UK on the extension of its strategic partnership with Nationwide Building Society, which will see Nationwide’s financial planning business move to Aegon UK.
- £55m
- United Kingdom
- Wealth Management
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Advising a major UK bank on UK tax issues relating to a supermarket supply chain finance programme that it operates, involving an assignment of participations to another bank.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advising a non-UK financing institution in relation to UK withholding tax and VAT issues relating to its lending arrangements in connection with a supply chain financing securitisation.
- Cross-border
- Financial Services
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Advising the premium haircare brand Hairburst on its majority stake sale to sports giant JD Sports following a competitive auction process.
- United Kingdom
- Life Sciences & Healthcare
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Advised Tangle Teezer Limited on its management buy-out (MBO) sale to Mayfair Equity Capital following a competitive auction process, with various members of management rolling-over to the new Mayfair structure. Tangle Teezer produces a range of innovative detangling, blow-drying and styling hairbrushes famous for their unique teeth technology.
- United Kingdom
- Retail & Consumer
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Advising a UK asset manager on the tax aspects of a UK fund merger project.
- United Kingdom
- Pensions advisory
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Advised English biotech company OXGENE (Oxford Genetics and its shareholders including Mercia Asset Management, Invesco and Canaccord) on the sale of OXGENE to WuXi for an undisclosed sum. OXGENE was founded in 2011 and specialises in the discovery and biomanufacture of cell and gene therapy technologies.
- United Kingdom
- Technology, Science & Industry
Credentials
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2020Joined Pinsent Masons
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2016Simmons & Simmons, Partner
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2005Qualified England and Wales
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2003BPP Law School – Legal Practice Course
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2003Simmons & Simmons Trainee
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2002King’s College London - Law Degree
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