Biography:

Krish realised his childhood dream by qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2008. He follows a rich lineage of Chartered Accountants in the family with an overall experience of more than a century.

Krish is a partner in the firm which was founded by his father three decades ago. He heads the tax compliance and the representation practice in his firm.

Krish specializes in new company set-up, GST and direct taxation in international tax, corporation tax and capital gains tax for his clientele who are predominantly large Indian companies and multinational companies from the UK, US and Japan.

In the last decade, Krish has worked extensively on tax due diligence, drafting legal opinions on tax matters, updating the client’s business with the why, how and what of tax policies accompanied by a clear call to action. His knowledge in accounting, passion for consistent legal research and mentoring gives him an edge in the timely and successful completion of tax cases before the tax authorities and tribunals.

He strongly believes in making taxes less taxing for his clientele.

Krish loves to travel, read about world economy, start-up valuations and learn about new technologies. He is an avid follower of cricket and watches the latest content across OTT platforms.

Biography:

Ronnie is regarded as one of the UKs leading tax dispute specialists. Over the last 25 years Ronnie has specialised in the field of HMRC investigations and tax dispute resolution working alongside a broad range of clients, both corporate and personal. He has successfully assisted his clients to resolve a wide range of investigations, enquiries, disputes and disclosures and has built up an enviable reputation of obtaining some great results.

More recently Ronnie has worked extensively in the sports industry where he has represented a number of leading sports clubs and professionals to resolve their outstanding issues with HMRC. He is regarded as a specialist in the area of the taxation of image right payments and has recently authored the relevant chapter in the latest edition of Sport: Law and Practice (Lewis Taylor).

Ronnie is a regular lecturer at national tax investigations conferences and is one of a handful of Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) accredited mediators operating in the UK tax market.

Prior to joining PwC Ronnie spent several years as a tax inspector with HMRC. He was seconded back to HMRC in 2011 where he worked with a team of senior HMRC policy officials on the Review of Tax Disputes. The outcome of this review led to, amongst other things, the publication of updated guidance on HMRCs Litigation and Settlement Strategy and the commencement of HMRC pilots on the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods to resolve outstanding tax disputes.

Biography:

Melissa is the Direct Tax Controller and Group Reporting Manager at pladis, a large biscuit manufacturer with well known brands including McVities. Previously Melissa was a Tax Manager in the property team at BDO where she specialised in capital allowances. She has presented on the subject at ACCA conferences and various seminars.

She also contributes to Tolley's Property Taxation.

Biography:

André is one of the founders of RSP International and since 2013 Managing Partner for Russia. He is a German Certified Auditor and Certified Tax Advisor. His main areas of expertise are taxes and accounting as well as general advice for foreign industrial investors coming to Russia.

André started his professional career in 1995 and worked in Germany as well as in many CEE countries. He is based in Russia since 2001. Beside his consulting work, he gives seminars and lectures on Russian related topics.

He is co-author of a commentary on Russian accounting (in German) as well as co-author of the Russian section of International Corporate Procedures from LexisNexis, and the Russia chapter in Tolley’s Global Mobility: Employment Taxes.

Biography:

Penny is a highly respected pensions lawyer. She advises individuals, employers and pension trustees on their pension arrangements. She works closely with Irwin Mitchell LLP's employment team on crossover areas such as employers' duties for pension compliance (including auto-enrolment), employer pension committees, or pension tax changes.  She advises on how an employer can change their pension plan to maximise the benefit they and their workforce receive from it.  She also works closely with Irwin Mitchell LLP's private wealth team on pension issues such as the impact of the proposed changes to how inheritance tax applies to pension savings, as well as advice on small self administered schemes (SSASs) and what happens to pensions when someone moves abroad. Recently she's been looking at the impact of the new FOG (non-domicile) legislation on income from overseas pensions. From the corporate perspective, Penny advises employers and banks on questions over the Pension Schemes Act 2021 and the extended powers which this Act gives to The Pensions Regulator to enforce against anyone who is in involved in the mis-management of defined benefit, final salary pension plans. She also now regularly advises on the use of surplus and is interested in how employers and trustees have to balance their various interests over how it is used. With this, the Government is trying to use pension surplus as a way to grow the UK economy. Finally, Penny sits as a professional trustee for various organisations.

Biography:

Shanzé has recently joined Old Square Tax Chambers as a barrister advising in all areas of tax. Shanzé has worked on various income tax and corporation tax matters. She has also worked on issues involving SDLT, VAT and domicile. She contributes to Tolley's Tax Planning.

Biography:

Abdulrahman Azzouni is a legal professional with an LL.B from the University of Sharjah and an LL.M from Pennsylvania State University, where he specialized in Tax and Corporate Law. Abdulrahman have gained extensive experience as a corporate lawyer in Saudi Arabia, handling a broad range of corporate law cases and providing compliance support to companies. Abdulrahman’s interests includes mergers and acquisitions, tax law, and managing complex legal matters.

Biography:

Karel Van Hootegem has more than 13 years of expatriate in cross-border income tax situations. He assist SMEs in structuring and optimising the individual tax situation of their mobile executives. The services they provide are tax compliance, split payrolls, compensation and benefits, group policies, advice with respect to social security and labour. Karel is the author of the Belgium country guide in Tolley’s Global Mobility / Employment Taxes source.

Biography:

Petra is an Indirect Tax Manager at Protokorp d.o.o who principally advices on all aspects of VAT. She has MSc in law and BSc in economics. She has worked with various tax consultancy firms covering different types of taxes including corporate income tax and private individual taxation.

Petra advises businesses of all sizes as well as private individuals. She has experience in tax advising for many international companies from various industries.

Biography:

Mairéad Hennessy founded Taxkey in 2016 as a tax practice that works closely with accountants, solicitors and financial advisors to deliver strategic and proactive tax solutions for Irish businesses and their owners.

Mairéad specialises in delivering bespoke tax solutions to SME owners on matters including business succession planning, optimising corporate structures, personal retirement and estate planning, Irish gift and inheritance tax, property transactions and VAT.

Mairéad is passionate about delivering the highest quality tax advice in a practical, timely and confidential manner.

Mairéad is a Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA AITI) and Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland (FCA) and holds a Bachelor of Business and Law (BBLS) from UCD and a Masters in Accounting (MAcc) from the Michaels Smurfit School of Business.

Prior to setting up Taxkey, Mairéad held tax roles in a “Big 4” accountancy practice, a top 5 Irish law firm, a small accountancy firm and most recently headed up the tax function in a large Irish corporate group.

Biography:

Katy is a qualified tax adviser and chartered accountant. Beginning her career with a Big Four firm and gaining experience across a range of auditing and tax roles, Katy has specialised in R&D tax relief since joining ForrestBrown in 2019.

During a time of unprecedented change, Katy has led ForrestBrown’s approach to key developments including restrictions on overseas R&D expenditure and HMRC’s introduction of the Additional Information Form. This has included liaising with HMRC, delivering internal training and providing insights to clients.

Clients working with Katy benefit from her commercial mindset and clear communication, helping to optimise their R&D tax relief claims. She works with a range of large and complex clients in sectors including software, manufacturing and sustainability. Katy co-authored the Tolley’s Tax Digest on R&D tax relief and has contributed articles to publications including Taxation and The CFO. Katy also contributes to TolleyGuidance Corporate module.

Biography:

Phil is the Senior Tax Director for Molson Coors' European operations. He has responsibility for both direct and indirect taxes across both EU and non-EU states. Prior to this, Phil was responsible for Molson Coors UK tax affairs covering all major taxes and duties.

Phil trained at KPMG LLP, where he worked for 8 years, specialising in tax investigations across both direct and indirect tax.

Biography:

Susanna Vickers is a licensed Lawyer in Portugal, and a member of the Portuguese Bar Association, holding a LLB (Bachelors degree) in Law from the Nova University of Lisbon, as well as an LLM (Masters degree) in Litigation and Arbitration from the same University, As a bilingual dual national of Portugal and the UK, she has specialised in assisting foreign companies and individuals with relocation to Portugal for several years, using the experience gained from her work at law firms, including Alves Botelho Varela & Associados - Sociedade de Advogados, SP, R.L., commonly known as ABV Advogados.

Susanna was one of the authors of the Portugal country guide in Tolley’s Global Mobility/Employment Taxes.

Biography:

Iuri is currently obtaining his degree in law from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) and has already been approved by the professional exam to practice law in Brazil.

The author has focused his studies on tax law since he was a third-year student, with emphasis in international tax law – having achieved an award as a Best Speaker at the Iberoamerican Tax Moot Court Competition. The Moot Court was held by the Iberoamerican Observatory for International Taxation and the Brazilian Institute of Tax Law.

Biography:

Nathalie Varga is a managing director at PKF Österreicher & Partner GmbH & Co KG and advises companies of various sizes and sectors on all tax and business management issues. Since passing the tax advisor exam in 2016, she has also specialised in VAT issues.

She professionally advises clients on a daily basis on all domestic and international VAT issues, while always keeping an eye on other tax topics as well. In addition to VAT, Nathalie is also an expert in the field of group taxation.

Biography:

Malcolm Gunn is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and has over 50 years of experience in advising on all aspects of UK tax, although he has a particular interest in capital taxes. For 16 years, he was an editor of the weekly magazine Taxation. In 2004, he left the magazine to concentrate on consultancy and advisory work.

Malcolm Gunn continues to contribute frequently to technical publications on UK tax, including a chapter each year in Tolley's Tax Planning on Relevant Property Trusts. He is the current author of Tolley's Inheritance Tax and joint author with Julie Butler of Stanley's UK Taxation of Farmers & Landowners. He is also general editor of Foster's Inheritance Tax, and a consultant with Butler and Co chartered accountants.

Malcolm Gunn was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award in the LexisNexis 2004 Tax Awards and is a member of the Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers.

Biography:

Professional Experience:

Ruslan spent ten years in the commercial banking industry, after which he moved to the accounting and consulting sector where he has been working for the past 10 years.

He is passionate about supporting and guiding mid-market enterprise clients.

Ruslan holds a Master's Degree in Economics and obtained his CPA designation in Alberta.

He is a contributor to the Canada country guide in Tolley's Global VAT.

Expertise:

• Financial and Operating Analysis
• Corporate and Personal Taxation
• Full cycle of Corporate Accounting and Reporting
• Data Analysis and Business Intelligence
• CFO and Controller role for public and private clients
• Business Intelligence at University of Calgary
• Financial Counsellor at Institute of Canadian Bankers
• Fluent in English, Romanian, Russian

Biography:

Head of the Tax at PKF Francis Clark with particular responsibility for family businesses and professional partnerships, property and international tax services.

Considerable expertise in business structuring advice and long term planning with a particular focus on capital gains tax (entrepreneurs' relief, Enterprise Investment Scheme and investor's relief) and inheritance tax business property relief and agricultural property relief.