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I serve as Skadden’s Europe Head of Tax. I'm highly experienced in private capital arrangements, with a particular focus on the establishment and ongoing operations of asset management structures; portfolio investments in liquid markets, infrastructure, real estate and technology; and compensation for fund principals.I counsel on the full range of public capital markets transactions, including IPOs; issuances of equity-linked and other hybrid instruments; securitisations; structured investment vehicles; and other structured debt offerings. I have advised the governments of various international finance centres on new corporate and tax laws. Recently, my practice has focused on new intersections between private capital, impact capital and technology, particularly in the energy sector and the high-frequency, algorithmic and augmented intelligence trading sectors.In addition, I handle a wide range of tax controversy matters and have worked on enquiries by the UK revenue authorities, tax court cases, disclosure programmes, transfer pricing disputes, APAs and MAPs, as well as various settlement negotiations. I also have experience in complex cross-border inter partes tax disputes.In 2020, I was one of 10 legal practitioners featured in “Innovative Lawyers: Europe,” a report published by the Financial Times, which highlighted my work in this area. In 2019, I chaired the Space Taxation seminar at the IFA Global Congress in London.I am a member of the International Bar Association and the International Fiscal Association British Branch committee. I'm a member of the HMRC/HMT Consultation Group for the U.K. fund management industry and vice chair of the Tax Committee for the Alternative Investment Management Association, lobbying for good practice in the taxation of U.K. and cross-border asset management activities. I also sit on various HMRC stakeholder committees.Under my leadership, Skadden’s European tax practice was named Best International Tax Team of the Year at the 2023 Tolley’s Taxation Awards, as well as Transatlantic Tax Team of the Year by The American Lawyer and Legal Week at the 2018 Transatlantic Legal Awards. The firm has repeatedly been ranked as the Best Law Firm for Tax Law by Vault’s law firm rankings and the firm’s global Tax practice also was named Tax Group of the Year for 2018 and 2019 by Law360. The European Tax practice also received three ITR European Awards for 2019 Impact Deals of the Year.In certain jurisdictions, this may be considered attorney advertising.

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  Partner, Europe Head Of Tax

  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Llp And Affiliates

  Jan 2006 - Present - London, England, United Kingdom

  Notable representations include:- Odyssey Acquisition S.A. in its €1.5 billion combination with AI drug discovery company BenevolentAI, the largest-ever European de-SPAC transaction to date;- SDCL EDGE Acquisition Corporation in the tax aspects of its proposed $250 million IPO of units consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-third of one redeemable warrant;- Neuberger Berman Group LLC in the business combination, reported at $12.5 billion, of Owl Rock Capital Group and the Dyal Capital Partners division of Neuberger Berman to form Blue Owl Capital;- Perella Weinberg Partners (PWP) on the tax aspects of its $975 million business combination with FinTech Acquisition Corp. IV, a special purpose acquisition company, pursuant to which PWP will become a Nasdaq-listed public company with an Up-C structure;- Jane Street Group LLC in connection with its U.K. and U.S. structure;- Kismet Acquisition One, a special purpose acquisition company, in the tax aspects of its $1.9 billion initial merger with Nexters Global Limited, the first-ever de-SPAC transaction involving a Russian company. As a result of the merger, Nexters will become a publicly traded company;- Citi in its platform fund formation and manager relationships;- Pret A Manger Ltd, a portfolio company of JAB Holding Company LLC, in its acquisition of EAT Limited;- BlackRock, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of MGPA, an independently managed private equity real estate investment advisory company in Asia-Pacific and Europe. This transaction was named Global Deal of the Year by PERE Magazine;- BTG Pactual in its acquisition of Ariel Reinsurance, a Bermuda-based property and casualty reinsurance company;Legg Mason, Inc. in its acquisition of Fauchier Partners LLP, a manager of funds of hedge funds, from BNP Paribas Investment Partners;- GSA Capital in its spin-out of XTX Markets; and- BlackRock in connection with its acquisition of Credit Suisse’s ETF division.