Tax: Contentious
UK Guide 2025 : UK-wide
Band 2
Contact number
+44 20 7600 1200About
Provided by Slaughter and May
Our highly regarded team advises on the tax issues arising from the full range of commercial and financial matters, including many of the largest cross-border transactions. As a full service tax practice, we also provide tax consultancy and advice.
- We are recognised not only for our technical excellence but also for the commercial and responsive nature of our advice.
- In addition to many of the biggest UK-headquartered, publicly listed multinationals, our impressive roster of clients includes US and European companies, large private companies, individuals and government bodies.
- We are instructed on the biggest and most complicated mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions where our role includes advising on structuring the transaction, negotiating the tax aspects of the documentation and managing large multinational teams of tax advisers on cross-border deals.
- We work with our clients and other lawyers in the firm to develop innovative and tax efficient solutions to a wide range of commercial issues and then ensure that these are implemented to meet the tax and commercial objectives of the matter in hand.
- Clients seek our advice on a broad range of other tax issues that affect their businesses such as, including State aid investigations, and tax policy matters, including challenges for global businesses caused by the changing international tax landscape.
Chambers Review
Slaughter and May works with a broad spectrum of high-profile corporates and individuals on UK and EU tax issues. The firm offers in-depth technical expertise in tax inquiries and investigations. Its lawyers are noted for their experience in obtaining confidential HMRC settlements for clients and are adept at advising on international tax disputes.
Work Highlights
- Slaughter and May is advising BlueCrest in the Court of Appeal concerning partnership tax and deferred compensation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Slaughter and May have an excellent team in contentious tax. They are responsive, proactive and hard-working."
"The team have good breadth with exceptional partners and very qualified associates."
"Slaughter and May have an excellent team in contentious tax. They are responsive, proactive and hard-working."
"The team have good breadth with exceptional partners and very qualified associates."
Notable Practitioners
Dominic Robertson is co-head of Slaughter and May's tax disputes practice. Transfer pricing is a specific area of expertise for Robertson; however, he is highly capable across all types of tax disputes.
"Dominic is a pleasure to work with - technically excellent, commercially aware and a real team player."
"Dominic has a huge amount of knowledge. He understands the development, has a real global sense of issues and is excellent in court."
"Dominic is technically excellent, thorough and well organised. He does well in negotiating terrific settlements with the Revenue."
Richard Jeens co-chairs the tax disputes group at Slaughter and May. He often works with leading multinationals on transfer pricing disputes, among other matters.
"Richard is a great litigator. He is able to apply that track of expertise to tax."