Peter Davis

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Partner

Tax

+44 (0) 7767 885 738

Expertise

Peter is an expert in corporate tax, with wide experience in advising on the tax implications of a broad range of transactions involving mergers and acquisitions, real estate, banking and insolvency transactions as well as compensation payments. He also has wide experience in advising on VAT. He advises on both domestic and cross border work.

Peter is a member of the Stamp Taxes Practitioners’ Group and the International Fiscal Association.

Peter Advises

  • Listed plcs
  • Investment funds
  • Property investors and developers
  • Entrepreneurs and SME company owners
  • High net worth individuals

Experience Highlights

Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Company sales in the IT, energy, medical, sports, mining and other sectors
  • The sellers’ tax position on company sales, tax reliefs and clearances
  • Business sales
  • Reconstructions and de-mergers
  • Joint ventures
  • Structuring a new business

Real Estate Transactions 

  • Structuring acquisitions, sales and land development arrangements for a wide variety of clients
  • Stamp duty land tax structures
  • VAT on all aspects of UK real estate transactions and development
  • Capital allowances planning and structures
  • Tax deduction for cleaning up contaminated land and related stamp tax issues

Banking and Finance Transactions 

  • Loans for real estate development including tax efficient borrower structures
  • Restructuring and subsequent part realisation of a loan for a portfolio of hotels
  • Consolidation of cross border loan facilities
  • Facility agreements including UK withholding tax on cross border interest payments

VAT Advice Including

  • Real estate transactions and development
  • Joint ventures
  • Financial services
  • Services supplied from one country to another

Advice for High Net Worth Individuals

  • Entrepreneurs’ relief
  • Capital gains tax where several homes are owned, including the position on divorce

International Experience

  • UK tax implications of the acquisition of a well known brand involving splitting up a US group
  • UK tax structuring of a multi-jurisdictional business acquisition
  • Advice for non UK seller of IT companies in two countries
  • Purchase of a company in the sports sector for a US buyer
  • Structuring a new website based business in the UK for a US company

Career History

Previous Law Firms

  • Corporate Tax Partner, K&L Gates
  • Farrer & Co
  • Allen and Overy

Education

  • Queens’ College, Cambridge
  • Solicitor
  • Distinction in Revenue Law and Accounts in Law Society’s Examination

Expertise

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Peter is an expert in corporate tax, with wide experience in advising on the tax implications of a broad range of transactions involving mergers and acquisitions, real estate, banking and insolvency transactions as well as compensation payments. He also has wide experience in advising on VAT. He advises on both domestic and cross border work.

Peter is a member of the Stamp Taxes Practitioners’ Group and the International Fiscal Association.

Peter Advises

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  • Listed plcs
  • Investment funds
  • Property investors and developers
  • Entrepreneurs and SME company owners
  • High net worth individuals

Experience Highlights

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Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Company sales in the IT, energy, medical, sports, mining and other sectors
  • The sellers’ tax position on company sales, tax reliefs and clearances
  • Business sales
  • Reconstructions and de-mergers
  • Joint ventures
  • Structuring a new business

Real Estate Transactions 

  • Structuring acquisitions, sales and land development arrangements for a wide variety of clients
  • Stamp duty land tax structures
  • VAT on all aspects of UK real estate transactions and development
  • Capital allowances planning and structures
  • Tax deduction for cleaning up contaminated land and related stamp tax issues

Banking and Finance Transactions 

  • Loans for real estate development including tax efficient borrower structures
  • Restructuring and subsequent part realisation of a loan for a portfolio of hotels
  • Consolidation of cross border loan facilities
  • Facility agreements including UK withholding tax on cross border interest payments

VAT Advice Including

  • Real estate transactions and development
  • Joint ventures
  • Financial services
  • Services supplied from one country to another

Advice for High Net Worth Individuals

  • Entrepreneurs’ relief
  • Capital gains tax where several homes are owned, including the position on divorce

International Experience

  • UK tax implications of the acquisition of a well known brand involving splitting up a US group
  • UK tax structuring of a multi-jurisdictional business acquisition
  • Advice for non UK seller of IT companies in two countries
  • Purchase of a company in the sports sector for a US buyer
  • Structuring a new website based business in the UK for a US company

Career History

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Previous Law Firms

  • Corporate Tax Partner, K&L Gates
  • Farrer & Co
  • Allen and Overy

Education

  • Queens’ College, Cambridge
  • Solicitor
  • Distinction in Revenue Law and Accounts in Law Society’s Examination