Deals Tax

Our corporate deals tax team specialise in helping corporate clients optimise the tax aspects of transactions, protecting value and reducing risk from capital raises, carve outs and demerger, disposals, JVs, refinancing and reorganisations. Working as part or supplementing our clients finance and tax teams we bring commercial, practical and dedicated support and insights from strategic planning through to implementation.

Our Real Estate Deals Tax team is a market leader in M&A tax advisory for private equity and institutional investors, guiding clients through every stage of the investment lifecycle. We provide expert support on acquisitions, structuring, post-deal implementation, and ongoing tax compliance, leveraging our international network to deliver seamless, cross-border solutions that maximise value in complex real estate transactions.  

We advise investors across energy and infrastructure, from regulated utilities to renewables and digital assets. Services include buy- and sell-side diligence, holding and funding structures, refinancing, and portfolio rotations aligned to long-term value and regulatory requirements. We help you navigate policy change while maintaining tax efficiency.  

The Credit team within Deals Tax advises a broad range of financial investors in the Private Credit sector. Clients include asset managers, banks, non-bank lenders and insurers, investing across a wide spectrum of strategies and asset classes including: Structured lending / minority structured capital; Infrastructure and asset based credit; Real estate credit; Primary loan origination; Performing and non-performing secondary loan portfolios; and Single credit distressed and debt restructuring situations.

The team provides tax and structuring advice across the full life cycle of credit investments from fund and platform design, capital deployment and transactions through to ultimate exit / value realisation. In addition to the UK, our work spans all major territories such as the US, Europe, the Middle East and APAC.

We deliver deal-focused transfer pricing support across the transaction cycle, from exit readiness to post deal value realisation, including due diligence. We also cover financing and credit ratings, operating model design, controversy advice and global documentation that stands up to scrutiny. Policies are designed to be workable in practice and aligned with value creation.

We advise institutional buyers and management teams on management incentive schemes across the globe. Typically, equity based and normally as part of a transaction. Our work is designed to maximise the incentive effect and value delivered for all stakeholders.

We partner with PE-backed businesses to manage tax through the hold period. We provide day-to-day advisory and compliance, support bolt-on acquisitions and integrations, and prepare for refinancing and exit. This keeps growth on track while avoiding surprises at diligence.  

We specialise in indirect tax for deals, and Real Estate: VAT, Stamp and other duties helping investors and corporates reduce risk, create and protect value across M&A, business restructuring, planning for operational efficiency, exit and recovery, real assets and funds. For our PE clients our support focuses on due diligence, VAT-efficient structuring of transaction costs (often subject to case-law challenge), funds-flow modelling, and pre/post-deal advice.  For our Real Estate and Infrastructure client we provide support with deals, operational efficiency, restructuring and compliance.  We work with our network of firms to deliver these services to our clients seamlessly across borders.

We provide clear, practical advice on stamp duty, SDRT and SDLT for acquisitions, disposals and restructurings. We engage early to shape efficient structures, guide you through completion mechanics, and manage HMRC interactions. The focus is on reducing friction and avoiding costly surprises.  

We specialise in situations where time and cash are tight; from a tax and VAT perspective we help corporates, and their stakeholders reduce risk and protect value through distressed restructuring and insolvency. We deliver rapid tax restructuring, due diligence, compliance and refinancing support to stabilise businesses and drive better recoveries.