The firm-wide corporate tax practice at Mills & Reeve LLP has a strong presence in the firm's East Anglia offices. Matthew Short in Norwich co-leads the practice with Birmingham-based Kevin Lowe, while Norwich, principal associate John Kahn brings to bear his specialist knowledge of employee ownership trusts, and consultant Robert Kent in Cambridge handles corporate tax and real estate tax matters, with notable expertise in corporate funds and VAT advisory work. The firm's work encompasses advice on complex tax issues arising from M&A and banking transactions, as well as IR35 issues, property tax structuring, social investments, and venture capital transactions. The practice also has specialist knowledge of tax matters in the sports, charities, and education sectors.
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Key clients
- Railpen
- Marshall Group
- Sue Ryder
- The Howard Group
- Christ Church Oxford
- The Wellcome Trust
- Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- TOF Corporate Trustee Limited
- St John’s College, Cambridge
- Kadans Science Partner
- Urban & Civic Group
- Foresight Group LLP
Work highlights
- Acting for Orchard Street Investment Management on the first deal made on behalf of its flagship Impact Fund (which targets real estate investments with the potential to generate a measurable social and environmental impact). The Impact Fund acquired Euroway Trade Park, a multi-let industrial estate in Aylesford, and will transform the sustainability credentials of this asset.
- Ongoing tax support to Trinity College Cambridge in relation to all aspects of its £1billion+ property portfolio, including strategic advice in relation to the proposed development of Dunsfold Park, site of the former Top Gear Track.
- Tax advice support for TOF Corporate Trustee Limited in its acquisition of the Exning Estate, Newmarket (a rural estate comprises 719 hectares of commercial, residential and agricultural properties including an Equine Hospital, 155-acre solar farm and 40 residential dwellings).
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Kevin Lowe, Matthew Short