Ben Jones

Practice Areas

Ben Jones is a commercially focussed, plain speaking corporate tax adviser specialising in guiding businesses and entrepreneurs through complex business tax issues, domestically and internationally.

Ben is a Partner and Head of the UK Tax group and has significant experience advising on a wide range of national and international business tax matters.

He advises on all tax issues associated with M&A transactions, reorganizations, equity and debt fund raising, investment and expansion activities, commonly on a cross-border basis. His practice focuses on transaction structuring and tax advisory matters, with particular experience advising private equity, financial institution and energy sector clients.

Ben also has particular experience advising M&A and tax insurance underwriters on tax risks as part of W&I/R&W and specific tax risk policies, an area in which Ben has been active for over ten years.

Ben regularly provides specialist commentary on tax issues in the international press, with interviews on the BBC and Bloomberg TV and coverage in The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Financial Times, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune and Reuters among other publications.

Ben has lectured on taxation issues at King’s College, London and The University of Law, and regularly contributes articles to national and international taxation publications.