The success of a transaction can be assured by having tax professionals working with you. Our CMS Cameron McKenna team has a global perspective on tax, understanding different regimes across Europe, where we have locally recruited professionals, and elsewhere including the United States. Both large organisations and high net worth individuals receive an exceptional level of service. We aim to ensure your tax affairs run smoothly. Getting the right tax advice, at the right time, can make a material difference to the costs of a transaction and in some cases can avert serious consequences. Our experienced team operates in a hands-on manner and works closely with colleagues in other legal disciplines. We align ourselves across the firm’s sector groups.
Our tax lawyers provide the full range of advice, from bespoke cross-border structuring to drafting and negotiating tax indemnities to helping fill out VAT forms. CMS gives you access to like-minded tax advisors throughout Europe and beyond. Our tax team believes that clients want advisors who have some understanding of your business and who understand their priorities and the pressures that a transaction can bring – advisors who they feel are helping them. We strive to provide the appropriate advice in the appropriate form at the appropriate time, including:
- UK and international mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and flotations
- Finance, including leasing, structured finance and products/derivatives
- Property taxation including stamp duty planning
- Privatisations
- VAT and tax litigation
- PPP and project finance work
- Inward investment into the UK
- Oil and gas taxation
- Tax consultancy both UK and cross-border
- Employee share and incentive schemes