Simon is a highly experienced, innovative and commercial tax lawyer and chartered tax adviser and advises a diverse mix of corporate and private clients (both in the UK and internationally). Simon deals with a range of tax matters, including Corporate Transactional matters, Real Estate tax (both commercial and residential), Employment Tax, Profit Extraction techniques and advising Private Clients on minimising a range of personal taxes including Inheritance Tax and Capital Gains. Simon advises corporate boutiques, family offices, financial institutions, general trading businesses, professional practices, ultra-high net worth individuals (including professional sportsmen and women) and media stars in relation to structuring and documenting a range of domestic and international transactions and minimising the associated tax costs. Simon trained at one of the Big 4 accountancy firms in London (where he qualified as a chartered tax adviser in 1998) and subsequently qualified as a solicitor in 2000 at a leading City law firm. He has held Head of Tax roles at a leading US law firm, tax partner roles in a London law firm and regional accountancy firm and founded his own boutique London tax law firm.
These are Simon Newsham's areas of expertise:
Areas of expertise
- Family Business
- Tax Disputes
- Property
- Intellectual Property
- Corporate
Areas of Tax Practice include
Corporate and Finance:
- Mergers, demergers, acquisitions and disposals
- Corporate reorganisations and restructuring
- Tax efficient profit extraction
- R&D tax credits
- Pre-sale tax planning for selling shareholders
- SEIS and EIS fundraising
Employment:
- Share options and stock option plans
- IR35 structuring and compliance
- Employee incentive arrangements
- Reward structures
- International relocations
Property:
- Property holding and acquisition structures
- Advising BTL landlords on tax efficient structures
- Capital gains tax minimisation structures
- SDLT advice
Private Client:
- Internationally mobile employees
- Private client wealth planning across jurisdictions
- Inheritance tax planning
- Trust planning
- Tax investigations
International:
- Cross-border M&A
- Setting up international holding companies
- Setting up IP structures
- Personal tax planning across multiple jurisdictions
- Non-dom planning
Recent Transactions
- Tax structuring and implementation of a demerger and capital reduction for a £100 million cosmetics and beauty company in separating out its trading and commercial property businesses.
- Advising on the tax aspects relating to a £120 million disposal of a medical equipment supplier and setting up a property holding company.
- Advising a private equity buyer on the tax structuring and documentation relating to the acquisition of a Formula 1 engineering business.
- Advising on the tax structuring for the acquisition of a central London hotel for overseas investors.
- Advising an ultra-high net worth European family with the tax aspects of relocating to the UK and assisting with setting up a new business venture and various financial interests in London.
- Documenting and implementing share incentive option arrangements for a Swedish climate change company.
- Advising and implementing various inheritance tax and capital gains tax mitigation structures for a range of private clients.
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