“He's a great tax lawyer and a pleasure to work with.”
Chambers UK, 2025
About
Ian heads the firm’s Corporate Tax team, part of the firm’s wider Tax team, and advises on all areas of corporate, real estate, financial and funds taxation, including:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Corporate reconstructions
- Financing arrangements
- Investment structures and funds
- Property development and investment
- VAT, stamp duty and SDLT
His clients include companies and their shareholders, financial and other institutions, funds and public bodies. He advises on a wide range of UK and international transactions.
He is a member of the Law Society’s Corporation Tax Sub Committee and Stamp Taxes Working Group, and is also a member of the Stamp Taxes Practitioners Group.
Experience
- Companies and shareholders: Advising in relation to the tax aspects of corporate M&A transactions (including W&I backed transactions), business sales and joint venture arrangements.
- Tax structuring advice: Including in relation to debt and equity investments, as well as in relation to corporate reorganisations and restructurings.
- Property development and acquisition transactions: Providing tax advice on property development and acquisition transactions, as well as on the acquisition or disposal of agricultural estates and property portfolios.
- Lenders and borrowers: Tax advice on all types of financing transactions, including debt restructurings.
- Investment structures: Providing tax advice in relation to investment structures, including in relation to authorised fund mergers and the establishment of authorised contractual schemes.
Credentials
- Admitted as a solicitor: England & Wales (2001)