has practised tax law since the late 1970s, first as a solicitor
(admitted 1979) and now as a barrister (called 1994).
During that time he has acted in some of the largest international
and domestic corporate transactions, been involved in major real
estate projects all around the world and advised many household
names from royalty to rock stars and from tennis players to television
celebrities.
He also has a successful advocacy practice and has acted for high profile clients such as Andre Agassi and Richard and Judy.
He has written and edited books and chapters on the taxation of corporate groups,
joint ventures, the Business Expansion and Enterprise Investment Schemes,
inheritance tax and capital gains tax planning for individuals and on stamp duty and stamp
duty land tax.
He has lectured on tax for many years, principally in the UK
but also in locations such as New York, Brussels, Amsterdam, Geneva,
Milan, Malta, Singapore and Vienna.
He enjoys tax from an intellectual point of view (for every problem
there is a solution); but also because it remains an area where
lawyers can work hard and successfully to protect their clients
from the unfairnesses and injustices that the State sometimes
throws at them (citizens have rights as well).
Outside work his main interests are rugby and art. He coached
young teams at Richmond between 1991 and 2006, taking them to three finals
at Twickenham and watching them win all round Europe, South Africa
and Australasia. He is keen on contemporary art, particularly
the works of Tomas Watson, Harry Holland, Martyn Brewster, Robert
Fawcett and Alison Lambert.
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