Tax

Kirkland & Ellis has a well-rounded practice with strength in investment fund structuring, restructuring and insolvency, and private equity transactions. Leading global asset managers form the main part of its client base, and the team regularly advises these clients on cross-border tax issues.

"They have great commercial awareness and understand what the client is trying to achieve."

"This is the best tax team in London. They have a deep bench of talent overseen by senior partners with unparalleled knowledge and experience."

"The team are always responsive and quick to reply. They always know current status of projects."

Kirkland & Ellis advised Brookfield on the reorganisation and sale of the Student Roost accommodation group to a consortium led by GIC and Greystar.

Alexander Cox has a well-respected practice and assists private equity clients with investment fund structuring. "Alexander is superb technically and has an encyclopedic memory of historic transactions."

Ceinwen Rees provides extensive support to investment fund managers on a broad range of tax concerns. She regularly works on fund structures and investments, as well as assisting with management-related issues such as co-investment and carried interest. "Ceinwen is excellent and my go-to partner. She is commercial and happy to take a view. She breaks down concepts, explains them in an easily understandable manner and comes up with commercial practical solutions." "Working with Ceinwen is like having a top-up insurance policy where you know in advance that everything will go well and to plan."

Mavnick Nerwal has a broad commercial tax practice that sees him advising on the tax aspects of private equity deals, fund formation and financing transactions. His client list includes well-known private equity groups. "Mavnick has strong technical skills and the ability to explain technical issues in a concise manner."

Peter Abbott specialises in corporate tax and is well known for advising on high-value M&A and private equity transactions. "Peter is very knowledgeable, very pleasant to work with and always available. He always finds the right information and knows when to delegate and sends us to the right people."

Ian Ferreira provides extensive advice and support to investment funds and private equity houses on complex tax structuring and planning issues. "Ian is very smart and very commercial; he explains difficult concepts very simply and gets the goal of the transaction. He is exceptionally pragmatic and commercial." "Ian is very smart and a nice person to work with." "He has a brilliant mind, he's ultra-dedicated and he's commercial."