Every transaction has tax implications, whether it’s an acquisition, disposal, refinancing, restructuring or initial public offering.
Through our extensive transactional experience across multiple sectors, strong links with private equity and broad commercial focus, we can help you identify the critical strategic tax considerations and explain them clearly in the context of your transaction and future plans for your business.
Our experience also allows us to ensure that buyside bidders put forward the most tax efficient offer, whilst for sellers we ensure that a practical and clearly laid out plan towards a tax efficient exit puts them in the strongest possible position.
If you’re thinking about a transaction, you’ll naturally have commercial considerations at the front of your mind. By involving us early in discussions, you’ll receive practical and pragmatic tax advice that compliments your commercial objectives.
In many cases, considering the potential tax involved in different options can guide your decisions. There are many taxes to consider and the way these interact can create opportunities and risks. We work with you to grasp those opportunities and minimise the risks.
We work alongside the key stakeholders in your business as well as your lawyers and corporate finance advisers to devise deal structures, carry-out tax due diligence, recommend management incentivisation schemes and much more.
Additionally, we can manage interactions with HMRC by submitting and agreeing upfront clearance applications and reporting paperwork when the deal is complete.
Exit-readiness reviews to identify pre-sale tax issues and opportunities
Business and property demergers
Tax structuring for management buyouts (MBOs), partial or full disposal or refinancing
Tax due diligence
Fund investment / acquisition structuring
Shareholder and corporate restructuring
HMRC clearance applications
EIS and VCT Advance Assurance applications
Stamp duty and stamp duty land tax (SDLT)
Key Contact
Ses Memhi
Associate Partner
I’m a tax specialist with over 17 years’ experience. I’ve had roles with Big Four and mid-tier firms. I’ve also worked within the in-house tax team of a magic circle law firm. I suppose I’m a slightly different tax advisor in that I studied law at university and went on to successfully pass the BAR (not the drinking type!), which is a qualification required to become a practising barrister. I also successfully qualified as a Chartered Tax Advisor.
Don’t just take our word for it, here’s a selection of the transactions we’ve advised on over the last 24 months…
Advisors on investment from Growth Capital Partners
March 2021
Advisers to company on refinancing and acquisition of ThirdSpace.
March 2021
Advisors on sale of majority holding
March 2021
Advisers to management on acquisition of London Architectural Glass
March 2021
Advisers to management on sale to Gamma Communications Plc
March 2021
Advisers to sellers on the sale to E.On AG.
Dec 2020
Advisers on the acquisition of Card Geotechnic Limited
Dec 2020
Advisers to minority shareholders on sale of share capital to Davies Group
Dec 2020
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