Peter Sayer

Commercial tax group.

Partner specialising in corporate and real estate taxation. Advises on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, reorganisation and restructuring, and venture capital matters. Also advises individuals on aspects of corporate transactions, such as private company disposals. Advises on direct and indirect (VAT and stamp duty/SDLT) issues in relation to real estate transactions, and has worked on a series of substantial PFI projects. Advice to hedge fund managers and management teams and on setting up and buying/selling interests in funds, both venture capital and real estate funds/partnerships, REITs, real estate and corporate joint ventures and outsourcing transactions. Structured finance transactions include asset and film financing and US/UK structures based on cross-border leasing of assets, partnership structures and shares, worked extensively on a number of tax efficient tier 1 capital raisings by UK banks. Also advises on tax based litigation and dispute resolution with UK revenue authorities, both on direct tax and indirect tax.

Brighton College; Worcester College, Oxford (1984 Jurisprudence).