Matthew Birchall

Tax

Private Funds

Real Estate Funds

As a shareholder in the London Tax team, Matthew’s practice focuses on the tax aspects of private investment funds. He handles the full spectrum of tax matters relating to real estate investment vehicles, including fund structuring and formation, secondaries, joint ventures, UK REITs within private fund platforms, corporate real estate M&A, and real estate financings.

Matthew’s representative matters include advising: on major fundraisings for pan-European funds; private equity real estate sponsors on structuring for UK REITs (and other tax-advantaged regimes) under private funds; leading private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on big ticket M&A across sectors such as real estate, technology, health care, and infrastructure; and insureds and insurers on the tax aspects of W&I/R&W and specific tax risk insurance policies.

He is recognised in the Chambers UK 2026 guide for Tax for the sixth consecutive year, with clients noting: “Matthew is very good at dealing with tax points and negotiating. He was very helpful, commercial and very much on-point.”

Concentrations:

Direct and indirect tax

Private funds

Investment funds

Investment structures

Joint ventures

Acquisitions and disposals of equity, real estate and debt

Real estate investment and development