Taxation

Our Tax department plays a central role in the majority of the firm's transactions and leads the way in structured high-value tax-driven transactions. Much of our work has international implications, with opportunities for complex cross-border tax planning, and sees us working with some of the world's biggest companies and our colleagues across all of our departments.

As such, our Tax department has experience in every element of corporate tax issues, with a high degree of specialisation in each of our four core client sectors.

Specific areas in which we work are:

• designing and implementing tax-efficient structures for corporate, financial or commercial transactions
• advising on financing aircraft, ships and other high-value assets
• negotiating contractual provisions relating to tax liabilities (warranties, indemnities, allocation of tax losses and other reliefs, withholding tax and VAT clauses)
• handling tax-related disputes including tax litigation
• employee benefits, share option schemes and incentive scheme