1. Antonia Kirkby

    Antonia Kirkby

    Professional Support Consultant, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

    Antonia Kirkby

    Antonia Kirkby

    Professional Support Consultant, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

    Biography:

    Antonia is a professional support consultant in the corporate division of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP. She specialises in giving technical advice on company law, listed company regulation and M&A, with a particular focus on public M&A. She writes regularly on developments in these areas and delivers a wide range of legal training to colleagues and clients, as well as lobbying on legal and regulatory developments. She contributes to Tolley's Tax Planning.

  2. Wouter Brackx

    Wouter Brackx

    VAT Partner at Moore Belgium

    Wouter Brackx

    Wouter Brackx

    VAT Partner at Moore Belgium

    Biography:

    Wouter Brackx is a Partner with Moore Belgium. For over twenty years, he has been giving VAT advice to domestic and international clients on operational business matters and restructurings.  Prior to joining Moore Belgium in December 2020, Wouter worked with PwC (2000 to 2010) and was a Partner with PKF-VMB (2011-2020).

    Wouter primarily works for dynamic businesses/groups with international activities, mainly in the areas of manufacturing & distribution,  leasing, services and technology.  He is pragmatic, hands-on and has a strong solution focus, based on know-how.

    Wouter is an expert in VAT planning (avoiding unnecessary VAT costs/registrations), VAT risk identification & mitigation, VAT cash flow optimizations (supply chain), VAT automation and international VAT compliance coordination. He also provides assistance in obtaining advance rulings from the Belgian Ruling Commission. He and his team also have significant experience in due diligence work for private equity funds.

  3. Alex Millar

    Alex Millar

    VAT writer at Tolleys

    Alex Millar

    Alex Millar

    VAT writer at Tolleys

    Biography:

    Alex specialises in VAT and has over 25 years of experience working in tax, which includes over 10 years writing about VAT. He started to write about VAT on a freelance basis while working in practice.


    In 2021 Alex joined Tolley from an accountancy practice in Yorkshire where he was a VAT consultant in an award-winning tax team that provided consultancy services to charities and owner managed businesses. He now creates new VAT content and updates existing VAT content in Tolley Library and Tolley Guidance.

  4. Hemma Chana

    Hemma Chana

    US Tax Manager at Tax Advisory Partnership

    Hemma Chana

    Hemma Chana

    US Tax Manager at Tax Advisory Partnership

    Biography:

    Hemma specializes in supporting U.S. citizens with their U.S. and UK tax reporting obligations, also offering comprehensive advisory services to help clients remain compliant across both jurisdictions. Hemma is known for her practical, client-focused approach and her ability to navigate the complexities of cross-border taxation.

  5. Paul Tew

    Paul Tew

    Writer and advisor at Paywatch

    Paul Tew

    Paul Tew

    Writer and advisor at Paywatch

    Biography:

    Paul Tew is a freelance adviser, primarily in the areas of pay, personal taxation and remuneration planning. A frequent contributor to technical journals on pay and benefits issues, having written for the "In Business" section of the Times. Paul continues to supply articles for various recognised professional publications including Pay and Benefits magazine, Taxation magazine and Company's Secretary's Review. Paul also has had several loose leaf and bound books published on a variety of subject matter including PAYE, NIC, Sickness and Maternity Pay.

    Paul has written and presented training courses as well as headed up payroll and employment help desks and acted as an assessor for recognised Payroll/HR qualifications. Paul previously worked in the healthcare and oil sectors managing Pay and benefit services, so has many years of experience in dealing with PAYE and employment compliance issues across a broad range of industries and organisations.

  6. Radek Bartu

    Radek Bartu

    Senior Tax Consultant at APOGEO, s.r.o.

    Radek Bartu

    Radek Bartu

    Senior Tax Consultant at APOGEO, s.r.o.

    Biography:

    Radek is a team leader of APOGEO Indirect Tax team.

    Radek specializes in VAT with five years’ experience of advising small and medium size companies on various VAT matters. His sector expertise includes cross-border VAT issues, real estate development, Healthcare Sector and nonprofit organizations.

    Radek and his team are ensuring that APOGEO clients are always VAT compliant providing a wide range of related services such as tax memorandums, due diligence and internal audits, VAT registrations etc.

  7. Mradul Gupta

    Mradul Gupta

    Senior Manager at PKF UAE

    Mradul Gupta

    Mradul Gupta

    Senior Manager at PKF UAE

    Biography:

    Mradul Gupta is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Mradul has over 13 years’ experience in indirect taxation, and also more than 14 years’ experience in direct taxation. He has hands-on experience in handling clients in IT, Finance, Aviation, Trading, Manufacturing, Insurance, Stock Broking, Real Estate, Pharmaceutical, Banking-Financial and Hospitality sectors.

    Mradul has successfully handled and implemented GST for several clients in India prior to VAT law implementation assignments in the UAE. He has strong working knowledge in the concepts of Indirect Taxes entailing VAT/GST, Excise, Customs, Service Tax and Sales Tax. He has conducted several training events on VAT/GST in the UAE and India and was also a speaker in the GST Clinic organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

    He has written various tax articles published on prominent tax portals in the UAE and India. Mradul has also managed the responsibility of payment of VAT, filing of VAT returns, providing relevant information to the tax authorities and, handling VAT audits.

    He is a contributor to the UAE country guide in Tolley’s Global VAT.

  8. Richard Coombs

    Richard Coombs

    Tax Partner at Bates Weston Tax Advisory Ltd

    Richard Coombs

    Richard Coombs

    Tax Partner at Bates Weston Tax Advisory Ltd

    Biography:

    Richard has been in practice for over 25 years, originally specialising in corporate tax for large corporates and multinationals but has spent most of his career devoted to looking after the interests of UK owner manager businesses, their owners and their wider families.  He has carved out a reputation for making complicated concepts of taxation understandable for his clients. This is a skill he has put to good use in co-authoring Tolley’s Tax Planning For Owner Managed Businesses 2020-21, with his colleagues Craig Simpson and Cassandra Graham at Bates Weston Tax Advisory Ltd.

  9. Ximena Montes Manzano

    Ximena Montes Manzano

    Barrister at Temple Tax Chambers

    Ximena Montes Manzano

    Ximena Montes Manzano

    Barrister at Temple Tax Chambers

    Biography:

    Ximena draws from prior experience in public law and has a successful tax advisory and litigation practice representing clients in Judicial Review, High Court claims and substantive tax appeals in the Tribunals and beyond.

    In the span of her 18-year career, she has represented and appeared on behalf of taxpayers in complex Judicial Review proceedings and group appeal litigation for 350+ appellants with tax at stake of several £100m.  She is uniquely familiar with procedure, FTT rules, costs and alternative dispute resolution strategy.

    Ximena has published numerous articles, case reports, commentaries and text books on tax legislation and caselaw.

    Her clients include a variety of media personalities, HNW individuals, OMBs and multinational corporates.

  10. Nicolas Martins

    Nicolas Martins

    Attorney-at-law

    Nicolas Martins

    Nicolas Martins

    Attorney-at-law

    Biography:

    Nicolas Martins works for a “Big Four” firm, primarily advising on corporate tax matters.

    His Master’s Thesis focused on Action XIV of the OECD’s BEPS initiative, and he has since published various other articles on subjects relating to international tax litigation.

    Nicolas lives in Brussels and enjoys the gym and classical piano.

  11. Stanislav Stamenov

    Stanislav Stamenov

    Partner at PKF Bulgaria Ltd

    Stanislav Stamenov

    Stanislav Stamenov

    Partner at PKF Bulgaria Ltd

    Biography:

    I am an accountant with expertise in various domains such as bookkeeping, tax compliance, and VAT. I have a strong background in financial accounting and reporting, as well as in auditing and assurance.

    I am proficient in using various accounting software and tools to manage and analyze data. I am also familiar with the latest accounting standards and regulations, and I can help clients with their tax planning and filing needs.

    I am a contributing author to the Bulgaria country guide in Tolley’s EU/Global VAT.

  12. Mark Baycroft

    Mark Baycroft

    Partner at haysmacintyre

    Mark Baycroft

    Mark Baycroft

    Partner at haysmacintyre

    Biography:

    Mark Baycroft is a Partner at haysmacintyre focusing on Taxation for Owner Managed Businesses and Property Taxes, including capital gains, SDLT & ATED. He is a member of the CIOT, the ATT and the ICAEW. Mark has spent over 20 years at top 25 accountancy firms advising Owner Managed Businesses, but he enjoys creative thinking around challenging technical problems in any area of tax, particularly where multiple taxes are involved. He contributes to Tolley's Tax Planning.

  13. Rochmat, Nexia KPS

    Rochmat, Nexia KPS

    Head of Tax and Business Advisor

    Rochmat, Nexia KPS

    Rochmat, Nexia KPS

    Head of Tax and Business Advisor

    Biography:

    Rochmat has a wide range of experience of tax and business advisory services, including setting-up a company,  tax compliance, tax advisory, tax litigation, tax due diligence, global mobility tax services and accounting services, and also acting as both an independent director and liquidator. He is the author of the Indonesia country guide in Tolley's Global Mobility/Employment Taxes source.

  14. Ventsislav Vassilev

    Ventsislav Vassilev

    Senior Partner at PKF Bulgaria & Rex Consulting

    Ventsislav Vassilev

    Ventsislav Vassilev

    Senior Partner at PKF Bulgaria & Rex Consulting

    Biography:

    Ventsislav (Venzi) Vassilev is the Senior Strategist and founder of PKF Bulgaria and has a strong background and experience in the accountancy and tax consultancy sector. Mr Vassilev is a graduate of the University of Bristol in the UK in Economics and Accounting and started his career with Arthur Andersen & Co in the early 90s. Then in 1995 he founded Rex Consulting - a fast growing group of consultancy companies in Bulgaria which in 2014  joined the network of PKF International.

    Venzi Vassilev has extensive experience in consulting and assisting foreign investors in Bulgaria. He leads a team of multilingual professional accountants, lawyers, financiers, business experts and administrative assistants. Under his leadership the team has created a company culture of a welcoming and informal atmosphere which is combined with a strong commitment to the client's business.

    Currently PKF Bulgaria and the Rex Consulting group of companies have four offices in Bulgaria (Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Bansko); all of the offices are registered as separate entities. Rex Consulting Ltd also has a subsidiary in London  that specializes in asset management.

    Mr Vassilev has been retired from his CEO position  since 2019 and remains the chairman of the supervisory board of the Rex Consulting Group. He continues to advise the firm's key clients on various strategic investment and financial issues.

  15. Patrick Cannon

    Patrick Cannon

    Tax Barrister and Founder of Cannon Chambers

    Patrick Cannon

    Patrick Cannon

    Tax Barrister and Founder of Cannon Chambers

    Biography:

    Patrick Cannon is an experienced direct access tax barrister specialising in taxation advice and advocacy.

    In 2021, Patrick launched Cannon Chambers, a client-focused barrister set without the high overheads of a presence in one of London’s Inns of Court.

    He read law at the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford before admission as a solicitor in 1984. He was called to the Bar in 2003.

    Alongside his L.B, BCL (Oxon) CTA (Fellow) qualifications, he is licensed by the Bar Standards Board to accept public access work and conduct litigation - and has written Tolley's Stamp Taxes and Tolley's Disclosure of Tax and VAT Avoidance Schemes.

  16. Elena Elia

    Elena Elia

    Senior Legal Counsel at Wells Fargo Bank

    Elena Elia

    Elena Elia

    Senior Legal Counsel at Wells Fargo Bank

    Biography:

    Elena is a Barrister with over 15 years’ experience in contentious financial regulation and corporate and white-collar crime. Elena is currently Senior Legal Counsel at Wells Fargo Bank in Financial Crime Legal. Elena previously worked at the Financial Conduct Authority in Enforcement Legal advising on regulatory/civil Enforcement cases against both firms and individuals and conducting litigation and advocacy before the Regulatory Decisions Committee, the Upper Tribunal and Courts. Elena also advised on contentious Authorization refusal cases and on Supervisory action. Elena started her career as a Criminal Barrister before holding positions in city law firms specializing in Financial Regulation, economic crime and internal investigations and has particular expertise in AML, Fraud, ABC and Sanctions.


    Elena is a contributing author to Simon’s Taxes and Tolley’s Practice Management Tools.

  17. Emilie Bennetts

    Emilie Bennetts

    Associate at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

    Emilie Bennetts

    Emilie Bennetts

    Associate at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

    Biography:

    Emilie advises companies and senior individuals on all aspects of employment law, contentious and non contentious. She is particularly experienced in dealing with complex employment tribunal litigation for employer clients, as well as providing practical advice on a range of day to day employment and HR issues.

  18. Florentina Susnea

    Florentina Susnea

    Managing Partner at PKF Finconta SRL

    Florentina Susnea

    Florentina Susnea

    Managing Partner at PKF Finconta SRL

    Biography:

    Florentina Susnea is a PKF Finconta partner, with over 26 years of experience in the tax field, collaborating with a large number of clients in various fields of activity.

    Her professional experience includes: statutory audit and IFRS, tax consulting, tax residency issues, financial and tax restructuring, documentation and Transfer Pricing policies, mergers and divisions, judicial, accounting and tax expertise, procurement due diligence.

    She collaborates with other members of PKF International Limited companies to provide a more holistic approach to advising on cross-border customer taxation.

    She is an accredited member of the following professional organizations: Chamber of Fiscal Consultants, Chamber of Financial Auditors of Romania, Chamber of Experts and Certified Accountants of Romania.

    She also has a PhD in economics and has attended numerous national and international courses in the field of taxation.