Slaughter and May

Testimonials

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• 'Market leading technical knowledge combined with strong communication skills, historical knowledge of their client and an understanding of how the client operates.'
• 'Dominic Robertson - deep historical knowledge of his client, excellent communication skills, superb technical knowledge, always available.'
• 'Slaughter and May's tax team not only has a depth of technical and practical experience which allows them to advise clearly and in real-time; but a culture that allows them to do so with no arrogance.'
• 'Mike Lane is our key point of contact. He always makes himself available, does not shy away from bringing clarity to grey areas, and is extremely knowledgeable. He remains positive, constructive, and helpful even under the most challenging of circumstances.'
• 'The Slaughter and May tax team are unmatched in their ability to advise on complex tax issues and articulate their advice in a concise commercial manner. They have a well resourced team who will strive to meet their client’s deadlines.'
• 'The individuals are highly knowledgeable, engaging and collaborative with their non-tax colleagues. This avoids duplicate conversations on commercial matters where multiple client teams are involved. This approach stands them apart from their peers.'
• 'The team stands out for being clear-thinking, proactive and pragmatic in their approach to any and all problems. They work in a collaborative way, which makes deals and projects run more efficiently toward the best solution.'
• 'The Slaughter and May tax practice is a pleasure to work with - technically excellent, pragmatic and cost-conscious.'

Key clients

Work highlights

Lawyers

Hall of Fame

The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.

Mike Lane

Hall of fameSlaughter and May

Partner; Mike is Head of our Tax practice. He has extensive experience advising domestic and international clients on a wide range of transactions, including public and private M&A, debt and equity capital markets transactions, group reorganisations and structured finance, as well as on contentious matters, such as diverted profits tax and transfer pricing disputes, unallowable purpose challenges and State aid investigations.

Leading individuals

Gareth Miles

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Partner; Gareth’s practice covers all direct taxes, stamp duties and value added tax with a strong focus on corporation tax. He has extensive experience of corporate transactions, including, in particular, public and private M&A (domestic and cross-border) and group reconstructions. He also has significant expertise on private equity transactions, for example advising Blackstone on a £100m strategic minority equity investment in HH Global, on the acquisition by HH Global of Adare International Holdings Limited and an investment in Ki, the first fully digital and algorithmically-driven Lloyd’s syndicate.

Dominic Robertson

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Partner; Dominic advises a wide range of businesses on all areas of tax law. His practice includes: structuring and other tax aspects of M&A, joint ventures and other corporate finance transactions tax enquiries and disputes, including EU tax State aid investigations standalone tax advisory work, including group reorganisations, CFCs, transfer pricing, and the tax treatment of IP Dominic is co-head of the firm’s Tax Disputes practice.

Next Generation Partners

Charles Osborne

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Sarah Osprey

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