Corporate Tax lawyer ’ PQE

Corporate Tax team in London with an interesting and unusual client base is looking to recruit a Corporate Tax lawyer of 1 or more years’ PQE. The team helps founders, entrepreneurs and owners of private capital around the world structure their business and personal affairs in a way that allows them to maximise returns and preserve, as far as possible, their wealth.

They advise on all aspects of business and investment structuring, both domestically and internationally. Types of advice include the design and implementation of trading, investment and holding structures, as well as the modernisation of existing ones. They frequently act as general counsel, advising on all legal aspects of their day-to-day operations and deal flow. Clients include privately owned businesses operating across numerous business sectors such as brands, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, services, hotels and leisure, information technology, media and telecoms as well as financial institutions and public enterprises.

They are looking for an ambitious Associate with experience of providing UK corporate tax advice with commercial acumen, preferably gained within a leading international law firm, who is looking to transition into a more client-facing and project leading role, working for founders and entrepreneurs as well as companies, with excellent prospects for career progression in a growing team.

The successful candidate will ideally have experience in:

• Providing UK tax advice for both domestic and international businesses
• Cross-border investment and business structuring
• Providing tax advice integrated with the commercial, legal and regulatory aspects of transactions
• Drafting tax deeds and warranties, finance documents and advising on business taxation
• Delivering high quality professional services with a focus on UK tax law

Any experience of advising on management incentive arrangements, and/or investor tax reliefs, such as the EMI scheme and EIS would be of interest, as would experience of Real Estate Tax and/or advising on tax aspects of investment funds.