Global Guide 2026 : UK
Ranked Individuals
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Stewarts has a broad team of tax litigators supporting corporate and individual clients in both direct and indirect tax disputes. The firm's areas of expertise include litigation relating to tax avoidance schemes, the tax treatment of employee benefits, and VAT.
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Stewarts continued to represent Singleton Birch and FCC Recycling UK in a landfill tax dispute with HMRC.
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The team offer excellent strategic insight and have extensive experience of litigating complex and sophisticated tax disputes.
Stewarts are responsive and understand what is required.
The team are very intelligent and commercially aware lawyers.
Stewarts offer an experienced team of tax litigators.
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David Pickstone is head of tax litigation at Stewarts. He has deep experience handling cases for corporate clients, and he regularly works on VAT disputes and other commercial litigation.
David is excellent with clients, technically superb and has great strategic insight.
Giles Salmond has extensive experience advising clients facing HMRC investigations and stands out for his expert knowledge of VAT. He has appeared before tax tribunals and the higher courts.
Giles's technical nous is fabulous and he is very prompt and responsive.
Tax: Contentious
Tax: Contentious
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