• Solicitor, qualified in England & Wales

• Civitas Social Housing PLC – tax structuring advice and ongoing tax advice to UK REIT Civitas Social Housing PLC, on its £250m IPO; admission of its shares to the Official List and main market of the London Stock Exchange; and subsequent issue of £300m C shares. Civitas is the first social housing REIT to be listed.
• US-based client – on looking to establish a UK platform for investment into a wide range of assets, including ships, renewables and telecoms. This involved a detailed analysis of the withholding tax, and local tax, positions in the identified jurisdictions, to identify potential tax leakage in the structure.

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