Heather Rowlands

Heather, a solicitor and Chartered Tax Adviser, is a partner in our Contentious Tax team. She has extensive experience of conducting domestic and international tax litigation across all areas of taxation and public law. She is noted for her deep expertise in complex offshore litigation, indirect taxes, environmental taxes and judicial review.

Clients praise Heather's rigorous approach to trial preparation and management. Heather is recognised in Chambers & Partners as an 'associate to watch' and in Legal 500 as a 'rising star'. Clients describe her as 'excellent and very effective' and praise her for being 'on top of the detail and strategy' (Chambers & Partners 2020).

Having trained and qualified with the firm in 2009, Heather returned to Simmons in December 2014 after gaining experience in the tax litigation practice of a Big 4 accountancy firm.

Heather holds a degree in law from the University of Oxford. She is a regular contributor of articles to Tax Journal.