Alastair Wilson

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Tax

+44 (0) 7904 647 524

Expertise

Alastair specialises in tax advice, planning and tax controversy work, for corporate and individual clients. He has advised leading banks, and owner managed businesses, and dealt successfully with HM Revenue & Customs enquiries and settlements. In addition, he has set up and advised fund management businesses, property funds and investment structures, and high net worth individuals.

Alastair Advises

  • Banks and financial services businesses
  • Property businesses
  • Fund management firms
  • Venture capital firms
  • High Net Worth individuals
  • Trustee corporations

Experience Highlights

  • Tax structuring and strategy for the Canary Wharf development project.
  • Design and agreement of International Pension Plans for executives at many banks, and agreement of these plans by HM Revenue & Customs.
  • Structuring of fund management businesses as limited liability partnerships or companies and conversion between the two alternative structures.
  • Sale of an interest in a fund management firm to a major international bank.
  • Structuring of a fund for investment in South American real estate.
  • Settlement of a transfer pricing and trading in the UK enquiry into a fund management group, conducted by HM Revenue & Customs International Division and specialists, with no additional UK tax liabilities.

Career History

Previous Law Firms

  • PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • GSC Solicitors LLP

Education

  • Cambridge University (B.A., LLB)
  • Barrister (1977 call)

Expertise

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Alastair specialises in tax advice, planning and tax controversy work, for corporate and individual clients. He has advised leading banks, and owner managed businesses, and dealt successfully with HM Revenue & Customs enquiries and settlements. In addition, he has set up and advised fund management businesses, property funds and investment structures, and high net worth individuals.

Alastair Advises

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  • Banks and financial services businesses
  • Property businesses
  • Fund management firms
  • Venture capital firms
  • High Net Worth individuals
  • Trustee corporations

Experience Highlights

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  • Tax structuring and strategy for the Canary Wharf development project.
  • Design and agreement of International Pension Plans for executives at many banks, and agreement of these plans by HM Revenue & Customs.
  • Structuring of fund management businesses as limited liability partnerships or companies and conversion between the two alternative structures.
  • Sale of an interest in a fund management firm to a major international bank.
  • Structuring of a fund for investment in South American real estate.
  • Settlement of a transfer pricing and trading in the UK enquiry into a fund management group, conducted by HM Revenue & Customs International Division and specialists, with no additional UK tax liabilities.

Career History

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Previous Law Firms

  • PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • GSC Solicitors LLP

Education

  • Cambridge University (B.A., LLB)
  • Barrister (1977 call)
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