Simon Whitehead > Joseph Hage Aaronson LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Joseph Hage Aaronson LLP Offices
280 HIGH HOLBORN
LONDON
WC1V 7EE
England
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Simon Whitehead
Work Department
Consultant; Tax Disputes
Position
Simon Whitehead was a founding partner of the firm. He has more than 36 years of litigation experience and has spent more than 23 years exclusively focusing on contentious tax, mostly in direct tax and particularly corporation tax. He represents high net worth individuals, the largest multinationals and household names in complex tax disputes in all areas of direct and indirect tax in the UK and Europe. He has represented clients at all court levels including 9 times in each of the Supreme Court and CJEU.
Simon has been selected as the lead and test-case solicitor in most group litigation orders in the Chancery Division of the High Court, in which multinational company groups challenge the lawfulness of various UK corporate tax imposts. He established the first ever Group Litigation Order in the Administrative Court, which successfully challenged HMRC’s practice in assessing the tax transfer of pension savings to foreign pension funds.
His cases include the Marks & Spencer (group relief), Prudential (dividend taxation, the ROSIIP (pension transfers) and Autologic (jurisdiction of tax courts) cases. He has been top ranked in leading legal directories for well over a decade.
Publications include Tax Journal, EC Tax Review, Taxation, International Tax Review & others. Editor The Tax Disputes and Litigation Review (8 Eds).
Career
Simon was a founding partner of the firm in 2013. Previously he was Partner in Charge International at Dorsey & Whitney (10 years) and before that a partner at PwC Legal.
Memberships
Solicitor admitted in England and Wales and Australian Courts
Education
PhD (Sydney University 1993)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
Joseph Hage Aaronson LLP, a respected tax boutique, offers ‘incomparable experience of litigating major tax cases’, with a strong track record appearing before the First-Tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal, High Court, Court of Appeal, and the UK Supreme Court, as well as the CJEU. In addition to its aptitude for litigation, the firm handles arbitration and investigations, representing a diverse range of domestic and international clients in the full spectrum of contentious tax. Graham Aaronson KC
, who ‘needs little introduction’, co-leads alongside fellow founding partner Michael Anderson, whose practice covers both civil and criminal tax disputes. Simon Whitehead specialises in direct tax, while Iain MacWhannell is noted for his strength in VAT, in addition to a strong fraud/avoidance/abuse tax practice. Also key are Daniel Margolin KC, who has experience appearing before the Supreme Court, and Helen McGhee, noted for her aptitude in international tax disputes.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations