England - London • Corporate and commercial
Bristows LLP
Bristows LLP advises clients on tax elements related to a broad range of transactions, and has a particular focus on the technology and life sciences, and media and brands sectors. Highly experienced practice head Miranda Cass handles transactional, advisory, and contentious tax matters. Julia Cockroft, who made partner in May 2023, advises on corporate and real estate tax matters.
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Testimonials
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'The team is focused, commercial, proactive and comprehensive. They are excellent communicators.'
'A delight to work with. Highly knowledgeable and charming to boot.'
'Miranda is excellent with clients and really knows her away around the tax code!'
'The firm is particularly skilled in supporting venture-backed, high-growth, high-tech companies.'
'The individual attorneys do a great job operating in the fast-paced environment, with the practical orientation mind-set that requires.'
'A valued practical bridge between technical tax experts, other side advisers and in-house contacts.'
'Julia Cockcroft - responsive and practical, whilst also mindful of the technical position.'
Key clients
- Waterland Private Equity
- The Francis Crick Institute
- WPP
- AstraZeneca plc
- Blue Diamond
- NuCana PLC
- UCL Business
- IXICO PLC
- OMass Therapeutics Ltd
- Syncona
- Adthena
- Deep Matter PLC
- Wild Bioscience Limited
- Frontier Economics
- Orca Computing Limited
- Smith & Nephew plc
- Lumera AB
- The Priory Group
- Autogen A.I.
- NeuHealth Digital
- Flokk AS
- eEducation Albert AB
Work highlights
- Advised Sure, a mobile network provider in the Channel Islands, on the acquisition of Airtel-Vodafone Limited from Indian communications giant, Bharti Global Limited.
- Advised our longstanding client, Intelligent Fingerprinting Limited, on the merger with NASDAQ-listed life sciences company, Intelligent Bio Solutions Inc.
- Advised ORCA Computing Limited on their $15 million series A financing. ORCA is a quantum computing company spun out of the University of Oxford.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Miranda Cass