Chambers Review
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Tax - UK
What the Team is Known For
Strengths
They ask the right questions and do thorough preliminary research. The depth and breadth of their team is strong.
The tax team understand the commercial drivers of a business and generate elegant solutions that don't impact on commerciality.
Work Highlights
BCLP advised a joint venture between EDGE, a sustainable property developer, and Mitsubishi Estate London on the multimillion-pound acquisition of 125 Shaftesbury Avenue.
Notable practitioners
Alan is innovative, commercial and thinks outside of the box.
Alan has a very detailed technical VAT knowledge. He was able to utilise this knowledge in a very lateral way to overcome some initial complexities.
Alan Sinyor is in the VAT hall of fame - he's peerless in his field.
Elizabeth is one of the best lawyers I've ever worked with. She is very calm, very clever and great with clients.
Elizabeth is good at coming up with nuanced issues that come up that other advisers have missed.
Elizabeth is very astute and commercial and someone I would go to for day-to-day or complex tax work.
Kate Ison is called upon by large corporate groups to advise on indirect tax disputes relating to VAT and SDLT. Her practice is broad, and she is also able to work with clients on disputes involving direct taxes.
Kate is a knowledgeable, cool, calm adviser who is able to provide strategic guidance in a considered way.
Kate had the ability to see through a lot of detail and really get to the critical call of what needs to be done.
We appreciate her knowledge, experience and client focus, and she is well versed in complex tax litigation matters.
Kate has a lot of experience and can speak to us about what HMRC's views are, and gives us an understanding on what they see as aggressive and how they are reacting.
Simon Letherman has a broad practice that includes advising on major M&A and corporate restructuring work, often with cross-border elements.
He was exceptional - he dealt with a very complex matter and he came at it from a very pragmatic view and got to the right answer for everyone.
Simon has great availability and a capacity to get up to speed. He didn't make things more complex and has a very good approach.
He brings a lot of technical expertise in combination with great client skills.
