Corporate tax

The group acts on corporate and cross-border transactions for a wide range of clients from listed public companies to small and medium-sized entrepreneurs. We advise corporates on the UK tax planning for mergers & acquisitions, IPOs, capital raisings and group restructurings and we advise shareholders on structuring to qualify for tax reliefs on equity investments and on share incentive schemes.

We also have considerable experience in structuring UK and offshore funds. We act for sponsors, fund managers, brokers and investors in formulating the optimal structures from a tax perspective.

We provide a full service tax practice that covers direct tax and indirect tax advice, including stamp duty, stamp duty land tax and VAT, without the need to involve a large team of advisers each with a specialism in only one tax.

We see transactions through from the design stage to implementation and aim to provide commercial solutions that combine our legal and tax expertise.

Corporate tax

We can advise on:

Real estate tax
Taxation of companies, shareholders and employees
Tax dispute resolution

We are also equipped to provide advice on remuneration packages for employees and employee share/incentive schemes.

Corporate tax

Active within the industry, the members of our team regularly contribute to tax policy, representing the firm on such bodies as the Law Society's Taxation Sub-committees, the VAT Practitioners Group, the Land and Property Liaison Group and Stamp Taxes Practitioners Group and the Alternative Investment Management Association.

Corporate tax

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Corporate tax The group advises on corporate tax for a wide range of clients in real estate, corporate and crossborder transactions. 15 Dec 2011 DOWNLOAD PDF
Tax resolution services LG's tax resolution experience. 06 Dec 2011 DOWNLOAD PDF
Real Estate tax LG's real estate tax experience. 06 Oct 2011 DOWNLOAD PDF
Investment Trust Companies - Modernisation of tax rules The Investment Trusts (Approved Company) (Tax) Regulations 2011 have now been published. 01 Jul 2011 DOWNLOAD PDF

Corporate tax

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7% stamp duty a "soft target" and enforcement will be a "challenge" Following George Osborne's announcement that a new seven per cent stamp duty rate on sales of property above £2 million will be introduced by the government, Elliot Weston comments. Mar 2012 MORE
Rangers FC – a pre-emptive strike against HMRC? Following recent news of Rangers FC's financial turmoil, Lawrence Graham Corporate Tax partner, Elliot Weston, comments. Feb 2012 MORE
Government likely to welcome balanced General Anti Avoidance Rule report The most eye-catching measure in the report is the proposal for an advisory panel Nov 2011 MORE
Lawrence Graham advises on debt financing of £139m purchase of 19 storey City office by German fund manager LG advises on £139m purchase of 30 Crown Place, London Sep 2011 MORE
Treasury Committee report calls for more assistance on tax policy making The issue of how tax policy should be formulated has been attracting a lot of attention recently. Mar 2011 MORE
Government aims to stop exodus from the UK with super-low rate of corporation tax for finance companies The Government has moved to encourage UK groups to remain in the country by permitting their overseas group treasury companies to be subject to a very low effective rate of UK tax Mar 2011 MORE
Budget should prioritise simplification to prevent exodus The Government should simplify the UK's tax rules to stimulate growth in next week's Budget. Mar 2011 MORE
Elliot Weston to join Lawrence Graham as a partner in its Corporate Tax team Elliot Weston to join Lawrence Graham as a partner in its Corporate Tax team as it expands its tax structuring capabilities for real estate. Jan 2011 MORE