Real estate tax

Our highly specialised Tax team advises on complex, tax-efficient international structures such as property unit trusts, overseas holding companies and limited partnerships. Stamp duty land tax (SDLT) and VAT planning for property acquisitions and disposals is another specialist area in which we have an established track record.

Our clients include investment funds, offshore investors and blue chip financial institutions ranging from major retail banks to insurance companies.

Experience

Advising on the establishment of a number of UK limited partnerships and overseas unit trust to invest in UK real estate

Advising on property development joint ventures, including corporate partnership and contractual JVs, including SDLT mitigation structures, transfer pricing issues, and general consortium relief and VAT grouping issues. Structuring the acquisition of parcels of land for a major development from a variety of sellers to ensure that tax costs matched the timing of tax charges and VAT costs were mitigated.

Advised a private Jersey trust fund on a series of major investment acquisitions of landmark London buildings.

Advising a leading overseas nursing home investor on the tax efficient structuring of its funding arrangements.

Advised on one of the UK’s leading financial institution’s new headquarters office buildings, and in particular on the detailed application of the VAT anti-avoidance legislation.