Corporate Tax Associate

Recruiter
Burges Salmon
Location
Gloucestershire
Salary
Competitive
Posted
15 Jan 2019
Closes
07 Feb 2019
Sectors
Accountancy
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
We are growing our Tier 1 tax team, so looking for a senior Corporate Tax Lawyer to join us. You will have strong academics, good quality experience gained at a leading law firm. You should be flexible and willing to undertake new areas of practice. An existing CTA qualification and a specialism within the wider corporate tax environment, would be advantageous.

Team

Our lawyers are renowned for providing high-quality creative and effective solutions to clients across a range of industry sectors, both nationally and internationally. Our tax lawyers, including a number of chartered tax advisors, have comprehensive tax knowledge and deep sector insight, providing the highest legal advice to our clients.

We play an integral supporting role in a wide range of transactions and also attract work on a standalone basis, both contentious and non-contentious. We are " really commercial and proactive at suggesting workable solutions to problems " and " there is a high technical level for all members of staff, they are also very courteous and very good at progressing work " (Chambers).

Clients

Our clients range from corporate entities and trusts, to charitable bodies, as well as High Net Worth individuals domiciled in the UK and abroad. Clients include Cooperative Group, The Crown Estate, First, Ministry of Defence, Virgin, Yeo Valley Group, YTL Hotels, etc

Work

Working on a national and international scale, highlights include corporate restructurings, investment fund transactions and property transactions. The team have advised clients and intermediaries on a wide range of tax issues including:

Corporate finance support on trade and private equity deals
HMRC investigations
Management tax incentives on buy-in and buy-out
Tax advice to buyers and sellers of development land
Advice to investment funds on inward investment in UK commercial and residential property
Advice on tax efficient extraction of value from private companies and partnerships
Advice on innovative user of partnership structures
SDLT and ATED advice to residential and non-residential persons regarding investment in UK urban and rural property
Disclosure of tax irregularities and HMRC under the various disclosure regimes
Maximising entrepreneurs relief of SSE on setting-up and disposing of real estate assets and shares
Tax based mediation
Issues surrounding VAT and sales by receivers, etc

This role provides excellent opportunities to use a wide-range of skills and experience. With a varied work load, you can expect to become involved in all or any of the following:

Corporate finance support
Structuring acquisition and disposals
Advising on corporate reconstruction and group arrangements
Investigations and enquiries
Structuring property transactions for landowners, funds and end users
Asset finance support
Employee related tax advice
Advice to minimise shareholder tax
EIS, SEIS VCT and corporate venturing advice
Partnership tax
Environmental taxes
Tax advice to owner-managed businesses
Tax-related litigation

More information

We're committed to finding the right person for this role and are open to discussing flexible working patterns. The successful candidate will need to be willing to travel to meet the needs of our clients and could choose to be based predominantly in our Bristol or London office.

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