Etienne Wong

Barrister

He advises on all indirect taxes (e.g. SDLT, IPT, excise duties, plastic packaging tax), and is particularly expert in VAT, having advised on both contentious and non-contentious VAT issues across sectors ranging from:

finance (e.g. FinTech) funds charities and other non-profit organisations real estate healthcare insurance private equity food outsourcing transport (e.g. aircraft, vessels, trains and automobiles) crypto assets (e.g. DeFi, NFTs)

Etienne has appeared in the First-tier Tribunal, the Upper Tribunal and the High Court without being led. His experience includes advising on European law and administrative law (i.e. legitimate expectation) in the context of VAT.

Etienne has a strategic, commercial approach and often works with professional advisers not only to establish the proper tax treatment of a project, but also to ensure that the end client achieves their business objectives.

University of Bristol (LLP).