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Our tax experts work in three broad areas: transactional support, contentious tax and tax advisory.
We advise clients throughout out European network across the four sectors our firm focuses on:
- Asset management and investment funds
- Financial institutions
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Technology, media and telecommunications
Straddling our advisory and contentious activities are transfer pricing and specialist VAT practices, both led by partners recruited from the big four consultancy firms.
Our multidisciplinary tax team includes lawyers, accountants and economists. This breadth of expertise helps us see the bigger picture for our clients, including the potential for audit issues, regulatory implications, as well as reputational concerns. That means we can tackle high-value complex matters.
We're smaller and nimbler, meaning we can offer the highest quality advice tailored to our clients' specific needs, delivered quickly and focused on practical solutions.
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Band 5 
Band 5 
Martin Shah
Martin Shah advises clients on funds-related work, finance transactions and M&A. He frequently works with institutional asset managers and hedge funds, and is noted for his advice on cross-border matters.
Martin is a fantastic lawyer.
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Band 5 
Band 5 
Nick Cronkshaw
Nick Cronkshaw provides counsel on the tax structuring of large private equity transactions. He also advises public companies on M&A activity. Up and Coming 
Up and Coming 
Heather Rowlands
Heather Rowlands comes recommended for her ability to advise corporate clients on tax disputes. She is equally at home when working on domestic and cross-border matters.
She's collaborative, acutely intelligent and a real pleasure to work with.
Tax: Contentious respondentGlobal
Associates to watch 
Associates to watch 
Richard Harvey
Richard Harvey represents clients in direct and indirect tax disputes before both tiers of the Tax Tribunal. He is especially noted for his VAT work.
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Nick Cronkshaw
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Martin Shah
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Heather Rowlands
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Richard Harvey
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