Biography:

Adam is a partner and head of the Tax Disputes Resolution team at RPC LLP. He is an accredited mediator who advises on a wide range of contentious tax issues (direct and indirect), including HMRC enquiries and tax litigation. He also provides advice and assistance in cases of alleged tax fraud.

Adam has over thirty years’ experience in the contentious tax field, 16 years of which was spent at the Solicitor’s Office of HMRC. He has provided legal assistance in a large number of high-profile cases and has conducted litigation before the Tax Tribunals through to the Supreme Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union. He also has extensive experience of conducting group litigation and public law challenges by way of judicial review proceedings.

Adam writes and lectures widely on tax matters and is the author of a number of guidance notes written for Tolley's Online Guidance and PLC. He also contributes to Tolley's Practical Guide to Tax Disputes, and regularly writes for Tax Journal and Taxation.

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Niall MacDonald is a Group Partner in the Dispute Resolution department in Appleby’s Jersey office.

He advises on all types of commercial dispute and has extensive advocacy experience ranging from representing clients regarding trusts and multi-jurisdictional issues (before the Royal Court of Jersey and Court of Appeal) to resolving local employment disputes (before the Jersey Employment and Discrimination Tribunal).

The cases which he has resolved over the last 15 years have involved a broad range of other areas of the law (including company, contract, criminal, data protection, insolvency, insurance, planning, professional negligence and regulatory); and in 2015 he was awarded the Junior Lawyer of the Year by the Law Society of Jersey with its President noting that Niall stands out having “represented clients in a wide range of litigation issues … achieving consistently good results.”

His practice now focuses on the following specialisms: commercial & contractual disputes; employment & regulatory matters; trust litigation; together with fraud, asset tracing & insolvency cases. The breadth of his experience equips him particularly well when such issues overlap, for example with misconduct investigations concerning regulatory matters.

His clients range from high net worth individuals and executives, to leading global and local corporate entities. They describe him as “charming, friendly and capable” (Legal 500) and “an absolute pleasure to work with... sensible, displays excellent judgement and is always calm... comes up with innovative ideas, is able to manage a significant workload and provides detailed and timely updates” (Chambers).

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Josie advises on all aspects of UK employment law, acting for individuals, charities and businesses and advising on both contentious and non-contentious matters. Josie has experience in litigation involving equal pay, disability discrimination and sex discrimination. Josie also has experience in Data Subject Access Requests, preparing policies and staff handbooks, drafting contracts of employment and advising in relation to settlement agreements.

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I trained in Private Client Services at Andersens and qualified as a CTA in 2000. In 2002 I joined BPP in Manchester as a CTA tutor before leaving in 2010 to set up iCount Training.

Biography:

Robert is an expert in UK employment tax matters for employers with UK based employees, including UK employees working overseas, and overseas employees coming to the UK. He has extensive experience of advising clients with regards to PAYE matters, employee benefits and social security as well as employment related payments outside the payroll functions such as termination settlements and payments to consultants and other non-payroll labour.

After graduating in Politics and Law from the University of Southampton, Robert started his tax career at HMRC as an employer compliance officer undertaking enquiries into employers' expenses and benefits systems before moving into a large international practice and then into the Big 4. Here he assisted with tax investigations, flexible benefits planning, employment tax compliance and international social security.

Robert has presented to various audiences and has had a number of articles published in various magazines on employment tax matters.

Robert is a fully qualified member of both the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) and the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CTA).

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Jeremy is an experienced employee share schemes and corporate lawyer with more than 13 years' experience in advising companies of all sizes in relation to their corporate and employee share scheme requirements. He advises on the design and implementation of employee incentive arrangements for private and public companies, including all types of tax-advantaged schemes and unapproved arrangements for senior executives, management and the general workforce.

 He also advises on the share scheme related aspects of corporate transactions and has particular expertise in employee shareholder status. Prior to co-founding Cooper Cavendish, Jeremy was an Associate Director in the Incentives team at international legal practice, Osborne Clarke LLP, which he joined in 2013. Prior to this, Jeremy was a Senior Associate in the corporate team at Osborne Clarke LLP, where he led a broad range of transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, disposals, joint-ventures and company start-ups. Jeremy has advised many companies on constitutional issues and has extensive experience of drafting constitutional documents including articles of association and shareholders' agreements.

Jeremy trained and qualified as a solicitor in September 2004 and has undertaken a number of secondments, including acting as in-house corporate counsel for Zurich Financial Services and has also advised on a key client relationship management project for Osborne Clarke LLP.

Jeremy is a member of the Share Plan Lawyers Organisation and was a speaker at the 2016 annual conference. In 2016 he formed part of a Committee of the Share Plan Lawyers Organisation which has reviewed and provided comments on the HM Revenue & Customs Share Schemes Manuals

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Dr. Asif Zaman, alongside his academic career, also runs a private consultancy part-time. He is the founder and the CEO of EATAS Consulting LTD, UK (A Corporate Education and Training Consultancy). EATAS Consulting specialises in facilitating organisations adapting to the dynamic and complex business environment and advises corporates on organisational development, management, and leadership training to develop human capital.

Dr. Asif Zaman holds an MBA from the University of Wales, Institute Cardiff (UWIC), and a PhD in Corporate Finance / Islamic Banking and Finance from Cardiff Metropolitan University.

Affiliated professional bodies:

• Fellow of the Higher Education Authority (FHEA), UK since 2011
• Academic Fellow of The Association of International Accountants FAIA(ACAD) since April 2015
• CMBE (Certified Management and Business Educator) by CABS (Chartered Association of Business Schools) since March 2020
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) (CIMA - Candidate), since 2017

His expertise lies in Islamic Banking and Finance, Corporate Finance and accounting, sustainable finance, and FinTech and Digital Finance.

Dr. Asif Zaman has over 20 years of extensive business management experience in diversified industries. His entrepreneurial expertise ranges from sales, retail, and project management to the property development sector. Before entering the world of academia, he successfully managed many small and medium-sized enterprises within the UK and internationally. He has worked with industry professionals in the financial sector for commercial and private lending.

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Marco Herrmann graduated as a Certified Tax Advisor (Steuerberater) in 2002 and then specialised in VAT consulting. For many years, he has headed the VAT department at the PKF Fasselt Partnerschaft mbB location in Cologne and is also a member of PKF's national and international Indirect Tax (VAT) Expert Working Group. His clients of various sizes and from a wide range of industries have in common that they have to deal with VAT matters with highest professional demands, on a daily basis. Also on a daily basis, clients receive advice from Marco and his team at the required high professional and practice-oriented level. The tasks include, not least, the organisation of coordinated appropriate VAT/GST advice worldwide by the many PKF VAT and GST experts around the world.

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Biography:

Karen is a solicitor, as well as being a CTA, with 30 years' experience in defending claims against accountants. In that time she saw where claims commonly arose and developed a good understanding of risk, and that led her to writing a well-regarded book on risk management for accountants and tax advisers, and to ultimately passing the Institute of Risk Management exams.

Karen then set up her own business advising professionals on how to manage risk in their own businesses, giving advice in a practical and pragmatic way, to help people avoid the traps that so many unwary have fallen into over the years.

She is a popular and regular speaker at industry events on risk issues, and has set up a 'RiskBites(c) club' to help people with a risk helpline and monthly risk training and discussions.

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Biography:

My goal is to help entrepreneurs grow their business in France and abroad by providing them financial, accounting and tax advice and solutions.

15+ years of experience in Finance, External & Internal Audit in a Big 4 Accounting Firm and Industry.

Experience in working with all management levels in cross cultural environments

spanning Asia, Americas, Europe, Middle-East & Africa.

Proven ability to demonstrate a comprehensive approach to resolve complex issues and to achieve targets / meet deadlines despite challenging situations.

Biography:

Ann Barnshaw Kengaaju is an Advocate of the courts of judicature in Uganda and a member of the Uganda Law Society and East African Law Society.

She holds an Advanced Diploma in International Taxation (ADIT) from The Chartered Institution of Taxation, United Kingdom, a Bachelor of Laws Degree (Honours) from Makerere University, Kampala, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre, Kampala.

She is a tax expert renowned for her expertise in advising businesses on both domestic and international tax matters. With over five years of professional experience, Ann is proficient in preparing tax computations, filing tax returns, managing tax objections, conducting tax audits, and overseeing tax investigation audits. Additionally, she is a skilled practitioner in tax litigation within Uganda. Ann is also adept at providing tax advisory services relating to transfer pricing, employment taxes, and cross-border transactions.

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Laura is a CTA qualified VAT specialist. Laura joined Tolley from Deloitte, where she gained extensive practical experience in advising clients across all sectors on global VAT issues.

Whilst in practice, Laura was heavily involved in mentoring and training new graduates, working as part of the team responsible for designing and delivering the in-house VAT training pathway.

Laura is now an in-house VAT writer and technical VAT tutor at Tolley.

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Zoe Andrews is PSL Counsel and Head of Tax Knowledge at Slaughter and May. She has extensive experience of UK corporate tax and takes a special interest in international tax policy and developments. With her team, she supports all aspects of the firm’s tax practice.

Email: zoe.andrews@slaughterandmay.com; tel: 020 7090 5017

Biography:

Naomi Kakundu Mudyiwa holds a BCom LLB degree from the University of Cape Town and a Masters in Tax Law from the University of Pretoria. She has experience in providing international tax solutions to individuals and employees' taxes.

Naomi is the contributor for the South Africa country guide in Tolley’s Global Mobility/Employment Taxes.

Biography:

Sarah Robert is a Business Tax director.

Sarah heads up James Cowper's expatriate tax services. She assists corporate clients moving employees overseas and into the UK as well as companies and entrepreneurs setting up in the UK for the first time.

With extensive international experience in Big 4 firms, Sarah moved to James Cowper in 2009 and now advises a varied portfolio of companies. She is experienced in a wide range of taxation issues including; employment taxes, international payroll, international social security planning, double tax treaty advice and HMRC enquiries. She has a particular expertise in advising French companies and individuals and  having worked in France herself, Sarah has a good understanding of international business challenges.

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Claire started tutoring students whilst at University studying for a Maths degree.

She joined Deloitte in 2003 where she worked in the Expatriate Tax team dealing with secondments to and from the UK. Whilst working at Deloitte, Claire studied both ATT and CTA and also continued to tutor GCSE/A Level maths students in her spare time.

Given her love of tax and teaching, after qualifying for CTA Claire joined BPP where she trained students in ATT, CTA, ICAEW,ACCA and AAT qualifications. She was also involved in producing materials for the ATT and CTA courses.

Claire is known for bringing her wacky methods into classrooms and in June 2009 she had her maths notes published into a GCSE textbook 'Maths the Wacky Way'. Claire also has popular videos on YouTube to assist maths students.

In early 2011, she joined the Tolley Exam Training team and teaches across the CTA and ATT qualifications in our London venue. Claire is also head of our online courses, looking after the OTL courses and the Tolley Academy.