Chambers Review
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Tax - UK
What the Team is Known For
Strengths
Macfarlanes provided outstanding advice and took leadership to ensure issues were resolved.
The team have great market knowledge and ability to focus on the key points instead of being lost in the technical details.
They don't shy away solving difficult problems and it is truly a pleasure to work with them.
Work Highlights
Macfarlanes provided tax and structuring advice to Aermont on its sale of a 50% stake in its business to Keppel.
Notable practitioners
He is extremely good at tax and he is highly respected in the UK and internationally.
Mark is always available when you need him. He's always thoughtful and solution-oriented.
Mark is a renowned practitioner.
Damien Crossley is head of tax at Macfarlanes. He has extensive experience handling complex tax matters for clients in the investment fund space. Fund structuring is a key area of work for him, although he also assists clients with other matters including investments and remuneration.
Damien comes up with pragmatic solutions and has a great technical ability.
Gideon Sanitt is head of the tax investigations and disputes practice and has a wealth of experience advising companies, investment funds and individuals on direct and indirect tax disputes.
Gideon is a delight to work with and is very knowledgeable on VAT.
He has a good ability to explain issues to a non-expert audience. I enjoyed working with him.
A great lawyer who deftly guided all aspects of our long-running dispute to 100% success. Gideon is intelligent and commercial, and it was a real pleasure to work with him.
Gideon has a wealth of knowledge and experience, and approached difficult matters in a very pragmatic and commercial way, helping us to navigate a complex matter to a good outcome.
Gideon is very impressive with how easily he assimilates information and then provides a compelling explanation of the application of the legislation to that information.
James delivers very creative solutions.
James is an excellent lawyer with an ability to communicate concisely and to make complex issues comprehensible.
James is technically excellent, very approachable and available 24/7.
Sophie is very knowledgeable in her area of tax.
Gregory Price assists clients with domestic and cross-border corporate tax issues.
Gregory has great commercial awareness.
Gregory is a very solid tax lawyer and finds solutions while others seem to get tangled up with complication.
Jeremy is exceptionally technical and an absolute expert in his field. He can also explain very complicated things quite simply, which is hugely valuable for me.
Jeremy is an excellent and trusted adviser.