SILK PROFILE

Aparna Nathan KC

UK Bar 2026

Devereux

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Tax: Private Client

London (Bar)

21 years ranked

Tax

London (Bar)

21 years ranked

About

Provided by Devereux

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Tax law.

Advisory: tax planning for ultra-high net worth UK and foreign domiciliaries including complex offshore structures; Residence and Domicile/ Deemed Domicile issues; NRCGT regime; Estate planning; GAAR; company residence and permanent establishment; EBTs; disguised remuneration; COP8 and COP9 enquiries.

Litigation: Extensive tax litigation FTT-Supreme Court; tax related judicial review; VAT deregistration challenges.

APN/ PPN/ FNs and Penalties: Sheiling Properties Ltd v HMRC; David Beadle v HMRC; Reid & Emblin v HMRC.

TMA, CRCA: HMRC v Derry; Goldsmith v HMRC; Rogers& Shaw v HMRC; De Silva v HMRC.

Partnerships and LLPs: Walewski v HMRC; Cobalt Data Centres LLP1 and others v HMRC.

Corporation Tax: EDF Energy v HMRC; HMRC v SSE Generation; BAT v HMRC.

Ramsay Challenges: Good v HMRC; Daarasp v HMRC; Flanaghan v HMRC; Berry v HMRC.

Judicial Review: Hoey v HMRC; JJ Management Consulting LLP v HMRC; Dickinson v HMRC; Archer v HMRC.

Discovery Assessments: Hoey v HMRC; Good v HMRC; Anderson v HMRC.

Company residence: Laerstate v HMRC; Wood v Holden.

Career

Took Silk 2019. Joined Devereux in August 2014.

1996-August 2014 member of Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers.

Professional Memberships

CIOT – Private Client Sub-Committee;

Addington Society; Revenue Bar Association;

Chancery Bar Association; Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers.

Publications

McCutcheon on Inheritance Tax; Mellows on Taxation for Trustees and Executors (Offshore Trusts).

Personal

Performing Arts Committee of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Tax: Private Client - London (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Aparna Nathan KC has a very strong tax litigation practice, appearing both for taxpayers and for the Revenue before the tax courts. Nathan has been involved in several of the leading private client tax cases in recent years.

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Tax - London (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Aparna Nathan KC has expertise in the full range of corporate tax cases and is an expert in corporation tax and capital allowances. She maintains a strong advisory practice, covering such issues as corporate reconstructions and offshore structures, and is involved in many large-scale tax litigation matters.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Aparna Nathan is a highly regarded and excellent barrister who is very technically capable, committed to her clients and does not lose sight of the commercial parameters.
Tax: Private ClientUK Bar
Aparna Nathan remains the first name we consider for complex tax matters.
Tax: Private ClientUK Bar
Aparna's advocacy is superb.
Tax: Private ClientUK Bar
Aparna is a great talent whom we consider the first port of call for complex tax matters.
TaxUK Bar
Aparna is technically very strong. She's easy to get along with and she gets it. Her advice is always clear, practical and just what we need.
TaxUK Bar