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Tax: Contentious - UK

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Ashurst is well reputed in the tax sphere for major transactional work and for acting on cross-border advisory matters. The team has broad expertise and advises asset managers on fund structuring, assists with the tax aspects of high-value real estate transactions and gives tax advice on large M&A mandates. It counts alternative asset managers and multinational corporations among its clientele.

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Notable Practitioners

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Simon Swann
1
Simon Swann
1
Band 1
Simon Swann provides real estate and property tax advice to investment managers, developers and property managers. He stands out for his knowledge of indirect taxation and SDLT.

Simon is very good at thinking commercially and coming up with solutions.

He understands business priorities and is commercially minded, whilst also having a strong grasp on tax legislation.

Simon is excellent. His technical knowledge is very good, as is his understanding of our business. He's very much a go-to person for us.

Tim Gummer
2
Tim Gummer
2
Band 2

Tim Gummer primarily advises real estate investment funds on the tax aspects of large acquisitions. He also works with clients operating in the energy sector.

Tim is an excellent tax lawyer and has seen us through some incredibly complicated business problems. He has an incredible level of knowledge and experience.

Tim is excellent all-round.

We are very happy with the service level and advice received from Tim, with very clear responses provided for complex issues.

Nicholas Gardner
4
Nicholas Gardner
4
Band 4

Nicholas Gardner advises clients on disputes as part of his general tax practice. His experience is broad and includes cases involving VAT and state aid.

Nick is extremely strong technically and has a good commercial common sense within that too.

Nick has very strong technical understanding.

Sara Mardell
U
Sara Mardell
U
Up and Coming
Sara Mardell represents clients in tax disputes and has notable strength handling cases concerning VAT and state aid.

Sara makes very good judgement calls on litigation and substantive law aspects, and she always thinks about what's best for the client.

Sara is such a good technical expert and is really good strategically as well.

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Ashurst

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Nicholas Gardner
4
Nicholas Gardner
4
Band 4
Tax: Contentious

Nicholas Gardner
4
Nicholas Gardner
4
Band 4
Sara Mardell
U
Sara Mardell
U
Up and Coming
Tax: Real Estate

Simon Swann
1
Simon Swann
1
Band 1
Tim Gummer
2
Tim Gummer
2
Band 2