Michael Alliston
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Related services and key industries
Biography
Michael Alliston is a tax lawyer based in London. He advises on a wide range of corporate tax matters, including M&A, corporate reorganizations, capital markets transactions and financings.
Michael's practice comprises a mix of transactional and stand-alone advisory work. He assists companies across a wide variety of sectors, including energy, infrastructure, financial institutions, funds, real estate and transport.
Michael has particular experience advising M&A and tax risk underwriters, and in complex tax disputes and enquiry work.
Professional experience
Collapse all- Solicitor qualified in England & Wales
Advising:
- CME Group Inc. (CME), in relation to a binding agreement entered into with Saudi-exchange listed Saudi Tadawul Group Holding Company (STG), for STG to acquire a 32.6 percent stake in Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) – January 2024
- Development Partners International on its US$230m acquisition of a fertiliser distribution and marketing business, Solevo Group, from Helios Investment Partners – April 2023
- J.P. Morgan on a $700m multi-year stop-loss transaction with Swiss Re – March 2023
- Etrading Software and shareholders on an investment by Lloyds Banking Group’s private equity arm in Etrading Software, a global provider of technology-led solutions to global capital markets – December 2022
- Ares Management on its £178m debt facilities to alternative network broadband provider, Brsk – October 2022
- RiverStone International on the acquisition of Endurance at Lloyd's (EAL) from Sompo International, a leading global provider of commercial and consumer property and casualty (re)insurance – September 2022
- Titan Trust Bank in relation to Titan Trust Bank’s acquisition (by an auction sale process) of Union Bank of Nigeria including assisting with pre-sale restructuring – June 2022
- Modern Times Group on the sale of ESL Gaming, the world's largest independent esports company, to the Savvy Gaming Group (SGG) – January 2022
- Taylor Maritime Investments Limited on $253m IPO of UK listed shipping investment fund – June 2021
- Europa Capital on the £1bn sale of the former Ford stamping plant in Dagenham in the UK to the Peabody Group – May 2021
- Sonangol on US$600m sale of shares in Puma Energy to Trafigura and its acquisition of Puma Energy's strategic assets in Angola – April 2021
- TortoiseEcofin on the IPO of UK listed investment trust investing in renewable energy sustainable infrastructure assets – January 2021
- TPAY MOBILE (TPAY) on its acquisition of 100-percent of the shares of leading Turkish FinTech company Trend Ödeme Kuruluşu A.Ş., known in the market as Payguru – June 2020
- Kaefer on the acquisition of John Wood Group industrial services business - February 2020
- The sale of Charles Taylor Managing Agency to Premia Holdings – September 2019
- Unily on a growth investment in a provider of digital workplace platforms – June 2019
Tier 3, Corporate and commercial: Corporate tax, The Legal 500, 2023
“Michael Alliston – incredibly detail-orientated, easy to work with and efficient in getting to the right answer.”
Tier 3, Corporate and commercial: Corporate tax, The Legal 500, 2022
"Michael Alliston – dogged in getting to the bottom of the point. Friendly and relaxed to work with."
Tier 3, Corporate and commercial: Corporate tax, The Legal 500, 2021
"Clients praise Michael Alliston for being 'technically brilliant' with a broad transactional tax and cross-border M&A practice."
"Michael Alliston is technically brilliant and can perform thorough research and analysis at speed."
Michael is a contributing author to Lexis Nexis' Guide to FATCA and CRS Compliance.
News
AES advised on credit facilities for its 156 MW wind farm in Bulgaria
December 23, 2021
Insights
NRF Client Briefing Sovereign immunity from direct taxation consultation on policy design
Publication | May 12, 2023
Burlington and treaty purpose tests
Publication | September 23, 2022
EC Directive proposal for a debt-equity bias reduction allowance
Publication | May 23, 2022