Karen Davidson, UK | Chambers Profiles

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Ranked in 2 Practice Areas

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Band 1

Employee Share Schemes & Incentives

Scotland

6 Years Ranked

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Band 2

Scotland

8 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Karen Davidson

UK

Career

With more than twenty years’ experience of advising on the tax aspects and structuring of corporate mergers and acquisitions, investments, joint venture arrangements and reorganisations, Karen has led the tax advice on a number of large high profile corporate transactions in Scotland.

She also has deep expertise on the design, implementation and transaction implications of employee share incentive arrangements in both the private and listed companies and advises on employment tax issues such as IR35.

Karen also advises provides structuring advice in relation to real estate transactions.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Employee Share Schemes & Incentives - Scotland

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Band 1

Individual Editorial

Karen Davidson is sought after for her knowledge of share schemes in relation to corporate transactions. She has in-depth knowledge of the tax implications of these structures.

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Tax - Scotland

2

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Karen Davidson has a corporate tax-focused practice. She advises on the structuring of corporate transactions, with additional expertise in relation to real estate.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Karen is a pragmatic, responsive lawyer who anticipated and solved any unavoidable issues for us.

Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Karen is excellent. She is really knowledgeable and holds your hand as you go through difficult options.

Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Karen is excellent. She is really knowledgeable and holds your hand as you go through difficult options. She is really good with that.

Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Karen is really user-friendly. She gives us clear answers, is very responsive and is very practical.

Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Overall, it was the ease of getting the job done with Brodies and Karen that impressed. They ran with the brief and delivered on time and on budget, which saved time and money.

Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Karen Davidson is very responsive and commercial.

Tax respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Karen combines brilliant technical ability with a very high level of commercial awareness. She is also exceptional at explaining complex matters to non-experts.

Tax respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Karen is a pragmatic, responsive lawyer who anticipated and solved any unavoidable issues for us.

Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Karen is excellent. She is really knowledgeable and holds your hand as you go through difficult options.

Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Karen is excellent. She is really knowledgeable and holds your hand as you go through difficult options. She is really good with that.

Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Karen is really user-friendly. She gives us clear answers, is very responsive and is very practical.

Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Overall, it was the ease of getting the job done with Brodies and Karen that impressed. They ran with the brief and delivered on time and on budget, which saved time and money.

Employee Share Schemes & Incentives respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Karen Davidson is very responsive and commercial.

Tax respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Karen combines brilliant technical ability with a very high level of commercial awareness. She is also exceptional at explaining complex matters to non-experts.

Tax respondent
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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