Assisting a family office in disposing of a mixed use property in Russia as well acting as finance director for 6 companies. Key responsibilities include:• Co-ordinating the sales process and transaction structuring • Review of transaction documentation• Dealing with information requests and addressing buyer due diligence issues• Supervising the activities of various advisors on the transaction and the day-to-day running of the property including the property and facility manager, lawyers, corporate services providers, accountants and tax advisors• Appointing a new management team in Russia including property and facility managers, general director and accountants• Implementing cash flow management strategies arising from the adverse financial effects of COVID 19• Compiling detailed annual budgets and cash forecasts for the property• Supervising the financial and tax reporting for 6 companies based in various jurisdictions including reviewing financial accounts and tax returns, preparation of supporting documentation and liaison with auditors• Ongoing discussions with the financing bank on extending the existing loan facility and the fulfilment of various obligations under the facility including preparing monthly reports• Restructuring the transaction data room • Consultation on various tax, legal and financial issues

Assisting an investment platform that was rapidly expanding with various large real estate transactions with particular focus on deal execution. Member of the Investment Committee. Key responsibilities included:• Co-ordinating the financial and tax due diligence process and acquisition structuring • Identifying the wider in-house implications of due diligence findings from various work streams• Direct negotiation with vendors on commercial, financial, legal and tax issues and input on transaction documents• Assessing the impact of deal negotiations on the preliminary underwriting models• Assisting on discussions with financing banks• Dealing with the fulfilment of various conditions to deals, investor approval and external financing• Involvement in the signing and closing process• Post-closing price agreement• Assisting on post-acquisition integration• Planning for rationalisation of the group structure including the elimination of surplus entities, streamlining of the structure and addressing legal changes• Selection of a data room platform for the group; structuring and organisation of data• Consultation on various tax and financial issues

Extensive work on Czech and regional transactions as well as international and local tax issues. Head of the M&A Tax Group in Czech Republic. Leader of the CEE M&A Tax Practice. Member of CEE steering groups for Transactions & Restructuring and Real estate. Key areas of focus included: • Building an integrated M&A team with acknowledged expertise on the Czech market and internationally, including recruiting and training personnel• Building KPMG’s brand in the local and international real estate markets• Due diligence on purchase investigations including real estate transactions and a wide variety of other industries• Co-ordinating multidisciplinary and multicountry KPMG teams on real estate acquisitions and disposals including interaction with agents and lawyers• Advising on Initial Public Offerings and other capital market transactions• Advising clients on negotiations on tax and financial issues including transaction document drafting• Advising on distress situations for real estate owners and lenders• Reorganisation of intragroup charging structures for international groups including profit repatriation, funding, royalties, service charges etc looking at direct and indirect tax • Advising both borrowers and lenders on the refinancing of real estate assets and portfolios Heavily involved in KPMG’s international real estate and M&A Tax networks.

KPMG CZECH REPUBLICPartnerExtensive work on Czech and regional transactions as well as international and local tax issues. Head of the M&A Tax Group in Czech Republic. Leader of the CEE M&A Tax Practice. Member of CEE steering groups for Transactions & Restructuring and Real estate. Heavily involved in KPMG’s international real estate and M&A Tax networks. Key areas of focus included: • Building an integrated M&A team with acknowledged expertise on the Czech market and internationally, including recruiting and training personnel• Building KPMG’s brand in the local and international real estate markets• Advising clients on negotiations on tax and financial issues including transaction document wording• Due diligence on purchase and sale transactions across a wide variety of industries• Co-ordinating multidisciplinary and multicountry KPMG teams on real estate acquisitions and disposals including interaction with agents and lawyers• Advising on Initial Public Offerings and other capital market transactions• Advising on distress situations for real estate owners and lenders• Reorganisation of intragroup charging structures for international groups including profit repatriation, funding, royalties, service charges etc looking at direct and indirect tax • Advising both borrowers and lenders on the refinancing of real estate assets and portfolios

Extensive experience in international issues on an extensive portfolio of multinational corporations and expatriates. Special areas of focus included:• Structuring inward investment and cross border funding• Responsibility for building the expatriate tax practice from a base of 20 individuals to 300. Co-ordination of the Slovak and Bulgarian expatriate practice.• Permanent establishment issues Wide experience of training both local and firmwide staff on international tax courses.

• Based in one of the mainstream UK corporate tax groups dealing extensively in UK corporate tax compliance issues.• Supervision of staff and dealing on a day-to-day basis with the Inland Revenue.• Broad base of service clients including a property development group.• Also involved in teaching UK personnel in respect of UK tax on residential training courses.