Biography:

A corporate tax partner, Cathy is part of Mercer & Hole's team of business tax specialists providing assistance and support to clients across the firm.

All business clients are concerned about their tax burden and, with her team, Cathy offers guidance to business owners and directors across all relevant taxes. This not only involves guiding clients through the complexities of compliance but also looking at some of the more interesting aspects of corporate tax, for example, in relation to business transactions, the structuring of a business, incorporation, research and development (R&D) tax credits and employee share schemes. She therefore provides vital planning support and helps clients to minimise the tax burden for their business.

Cathy has a wealth of experience in the area of business transactions, particularly regarding company re-organisations, demergers, acquisitions, disposals, flotations and take-privates. However, Cathy also assists clients with the personal taxes that affect business owners, for example, regarding succession planning, IHT and capital gains tax planning.

Cathy has contributed chapters on: Selling a company, Buying a company and Franchising for Tolley's Tax Planning and is a regular writer for the firm's SME Plus blog and client newsletters.

An avid football fan, Cathy spends much of her spare time supporting Arsenal both at home and away fixtures.

Biography:

Matteo is Tax Adviser in PKF Studio TCL - Tax Consulting Legal based in Italy, in Genoa, Milan and Rome, since 2016. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Genoa’s Order of Chartered Accountants in 2019.

He gained experience in VAT compliance and International indirect taxes as it has been identified as Indirect Tax Expert in Italy within the PKF Network.

Biography:

Liz is both a solicitor and Chartered Tax Adviser and advises on both domestic and international tax issues particularly, but not exclusively, with real estate at its heart.

She advises on acquisitions, structuring, disposals and reorganisations across the hotel, leisure and retail sectors, logistics, offices, residential and mixed use. Her clients range from buyers, sellers, joint venture parties, investors, management teams, corporate groups, lenders, trustees and intermediaries.

Clients value Liz for her pragmatic and thoughtful approach that gets to the bottom of complex issues quickly and efficiently, her ability to demystify complex tax rules and her energy and enthusiasm.

Liz contributes to Tolley's Property Taxation.

Biography:

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:

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:

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.

Biography:

I am a senior tax consultant in Menzies Private Client team. My work involves a lot of international clients moving in and out of the UK, particularly from Europe, the US and Australia. The advice is from both an individual and employer context, advising on employer obligations plus the application of the remittance basis and overseas workday relief.

Another area I do a lot of work in is Inheritance tax and succession planning in general.

In addition to the normal array of OMB clients I work with a lot of people in the property sector, barristers and new tech start-ups.

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.

Biography:

Paa Kwesi Hagan is a solicitor and head of Globetrotters Legal Africa, a firm that specialises in providing bespoke solutions for global corporations operating in Ghana.

Paa Kwesi has a wealth of experience in advising clients on Ghanaian immigration, employment law and compliance matters, including tax compliance.

He was named in ‘Who's Who Legal: Ghana 2014’, published by Law Business Research UK, as one of the leading experts in the field of labour and employment law. He has also been recognised as a leading corporate immigration lawyer globally on account of being the only lawyer recognised in Ghana by ‘The International Who’s Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers: 2014-2022.

Paa Kwesi is a member of the Ghana Bar Association and is admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana. He is also a member of the International Bar Association (IBA).

Paa Kwesi is the author of Tolley’s Global Mobility / Employment Taxes guide for Ghana.

Biography:

Sarah specialises in all aspects of real estate fund taxation including fundraising and advising on equity investments into real estate.

Her experience includes:

• complex high-value real estate transactions;
• structuring a variety of different investment platforms domiciled in a diverse range of jurisdictions; and
• acting for institutional investors and private equity real estate funds.

Sarah is a member of the Investment Association's Tax Committee and the Stamp Taxes Practitioners Group.

Biography:

John Holland is a Stock Market expert with over 25 years’ experience advising companies about stock market flotation in the UK. His focus is steering companies through the flotation and fundraising process on AIM (The Alternative Investment Market), The London Stock Exchanges Main Market (Standard and Premium sectors), and other UK stock markets such as Aquis. He is a regular author on UK stock market flotation related subjects and has chaired or presented over 70 conferences and seminars about stock market topics in the UK and overseas.

John is Managing Director of Holland Bendelow, the UK’s longest established stock market flotation consultants. The firm specialises in taking companies from feasibility stage through to a successful flotation. Holland Bendelow’s clients range in size from early stage growth companies to large global brands valued at £1b plus. The firm advises on pre-IPO fundraisings, IPO fundraisings, Cash Shell transactions (reverse takeovers), enhancing company valuation, stock market regulation, effective investor relation strategies and other flotation related areas.

Prior to Holland Bendelow, John held senior roles at The London Stock Exchange, including Head of UK regional operations, with responsibility for the AIM Stock Market and The Main Market. He was heavily involved in the growth of AIM from its inception to becoming established as the world’s most successful growth market. John also led The London Stock Exchange’s Regional Advisory Groups, who play a key role in formulating future stock market strategies.

Biography:

Ibrahim is a senior associate within the International Tax and Transfer Pricing practice at Forvis Mazars LLP UK where he is specialised in providing international tax and transfer pricing services to clients across multiple industries. He is a Nigerian qualified attorney with extensive experience of African tax regimes having practiced with both Big 4 and Chambers ranked law firms in Nigeria and South Africa.

Biography:

Giovanni is an attorney at a top-tier law firm, specializing in tax litigation and consultancy. With extensive experience in both personal and corporate taxation, he has been a key member of the tax department at Andersen Ballão since 2019, where he has continuously expanded his portfolio by assisting multinational enterprises.

Giovanni's expertise encompasses tax compliance for corporations and family offices, with a strong focus on resolving complex tax litigation cases before the Brazilian Tax Authorities. His experience spans a wide range of areas, including income tax assessments, the collection of state and municipal taxes on services and property, as well as international tax planning.

An emerging author in tax law, Giovanni has crafted numerous legal opinions for individuals and corporations around the world, always employing innovative thinking and a problem-solving approach. He also serves as a guest lecturer in tax law at a university in Brazil.

As a partner at Andersen Ballão, Giovanni is dedicated to fostering networking opportunities and supporting the technical growth and development of young professionals in the legal field.

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:

More than 18 years of experience in the analysis and preparation of financial information, providing advice and consulting on accounting, tax and financial matters; compliance with tax obligations, payroll preparation, tax recovery and representation before tax authorities. More than 10 years of experience in auditing and preparing federal, local and social security tax reports.

She has a degree in Accounting from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and a specialty in Senior Management from the same institution.

Biography:

Ian is a knowledge counsel in the tax department at Travers Smith. He has a particular focus on tax issues relating to the asset management sector. Ian regularly writes articles for tax publications. Ian contributes to Tolley's Tax Planning.

Biography:

Dr. Patrick Mulcahy, FCA, CTA (Tax and Accounting Lecturer, Dublin City University and Tax Director, Financial Services Group, PwC).

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.