Providing The Crown Estate Commissioners with SDLT and VAT advice on a £200 million redevelopment of properties in London.
Advice on the purchase of an offshore wind farm by a German Infrastructure Fund.
Advising an overseas investor on the most appropriate structure for investing in a substantial UK hotel development involving Opco/Propco structuring, including consideration of shariah finance issues.
Advising BVI based private equity fund in relation to their investment in UK real estate through Jersey SPVs. Providing advice on the whole spectrum of real estate taxes including artificial transactions in land, land dealing, corporation tax, VAT, stamp taxes, and capital allowances.
Advising a family of landowners on the most appropriate way of maximising tax reliefs in order to unlock value in respect of a large area of land which was zoned for redevelopment. Arranging for various partnerships to be altered, terminated and disposals made in accordance with a particular timetable.
Advising The Crown Estate Commissioners in connection with the £56 million acquisition of the Westgate Shopping Centre in Oxford, focusing in particular on the VAT (in particular TOGC) and SDLT issues.
Providing tax opinion for a non UK based property investment fund acquiring properties for £300 million.
Advising on the acquisition of a property SPV owning a substantial investment property, and tax advice on managing tax risk associated with the pre-transaction "strip out" of assets which were not to be sold into the vendor group.
Providing tax advice relating to a redevelopment in Bath carried out as a joint venture, including funding and refinancing issues.
Advising the trustees of Broadlands Land Trust on a land-pooling arrangement.
Providing SDLT advice in respect of the construction of a biomass plant which affected various pieces of adjoining land and cross rights of way.
Acting on the acquisition of a number of hotels from a group in administration, including advice on the transfer of a going concern rules, VAT grouping and capital allowances.
Providing SDLT and VAT advice in relation to the development of a large shopping centre including the surrender and re-grant of an existing lease and the carrying out of various development works.
Advice to The Crown Estate in relation to the surrender and regrants of AHA and FBT tenancies.
Advice to The Church Commissioners in relation to the disposal of development land involving a number of seller consortium arrangements.