was called to the Bar in 1983. Previously he was a tax partner in a leading firm of London solicitors, having been admitted as a solicitor in 1972. He obtained his Masters Degree in Taxation from University College, London and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.

Mr Soares advises on all areas of taxation, with particular emphasis on the taxation and structuring of property transactions, value added tax, trusts and offshore tax planning and tax advocacy. He lectures on a variety of topics and chairs annual conferences on “Optimum Tax Structures for Land Transactions”, “Value Added Tax and Land Transactions” and “The Taxation of Overseas Trusts and Companies”. He is also co-chairman of the Annual Conference Transcontinental Trusts held in London and Geneva.

He is the Tax Editor of the Property Law Bulletin and is the author of a number of tax books, including “Value Added Tax Planning for Property Transactions”, “Offshore Investment in UK Property” and “Non-Resident Trusts”.

His hobbies include playing the piano and clarinet, reading and enjoying the sheer magic of life.

One of his ambitions is to complete his PhD at University College, London on the Taxation of Trusts in the UK, USA and Canada which he has now spent over a decade on.