Simmons & Simmons

Corporate Tax.

Gary is a senior professional support lawyer in the corporate tax group at Simmons & Simmons. He has written widely on UK and international tax developments, with a particular emphasis on VAT.

Gary started his career at another major international law firm where he qualified as a transactional lawyer, advising on a wide range of corporate tax and VAT matters, with a particular emphasis on M&A transactions. Before joining Simmons & Simmons, Gary also worked at LexisNexis Butterworths where he was responsible for rewriting and updating the VAT commentary in De Voil Indirect Tax Service.

As a professional support lawyer at Simmons & Simmons, Gary has been responsible for developing the knowledge management strategy for the London corporate tax group, whilst providing support to the international tax teams across Simmons & Simmons. He has also been instrumental in developing means to use tax know how in a marketing context and is responsible for the content of the group’s knowledge products.

Since joining Simmons & Simmons, Gary has continued to write widely, particularly on the subject of VAT. He is a regular contributor of articles to leading UK tax publications such as Tax Journal and has also written VAT content for LexisPSL on Abuse of Rights, Composite Supplies and the VAT Treatment of Funds.

Gary obtained a first-class honours degree in law from the University of Nottingham. He trained at another major international law firm in London and qualified as a solicitor in 1986, initially practising as an associate in the Corporate Department, before joining the Corporate Tax Department. Gary joined Simmons & Simmons as a professional support lawyer in the Corporate Tax Group in 1996.