Bristows LLP advises on tax issues relating to a range of corporate and real estate transactions, with experience in share sales, joint ventures, and investments. Miranda Cass leads the team, bringing a wealth of transactional and advisory experience, in addition to expertise in contentious tax issues. Cass works alongside Julia Cockroft, who made partner in 2023, and covers tax issues relating to M&A and financing in addition to a range of other matters.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The individuals provided sound advice regarding a corporate tax issue I was experiencing on a highly complex acquisition.’

  • ‘The team is commercial, proactive and well-organised, offering timely and valuable advice.’

  • ‘Their friendliness, approachability and commercial approach.’

  • ‘The team were exceptionally attentive, understanding, supportive.’

  • ‘They were excellent at explaining key areas, putting things into layman's terms without being patronising.’

  • ‘Great depth and breadth.’

  • ‘Miranda Cass combines great commercial acumen with deep technical knowledge to get the best solutions for her clients.’

  • ‘Their knowledge of the life sciences sector is excellent, which provides the ideal basis for advice provided to our business. The team is always very well-informed.’

Key clients

  • Telix Pharmaceuticals
  • The Francis Crick Institute
  • WPP
  • AstraZeneca plc
  • Blue Diamond
  • NuCana PLC
  • UCL Business
  • IXICO PLC
  • OMass Therapeutics Ltd
  • Syncona
  • Adthena
  • Deep Matter
  • Wild Bioscience Limited
  • Delice de France
  • Orca Computing Limited
  • Smith & Nephew plc
  • Lumera AB
  • The Priory Group
  • Autogen A.I.
  • NeuHealth Digital
  • Warner Bros
  • Recordati
  • CityFibre
  • Bekaert
  • Gentell
  • LifeArc
  • ISB Global
  • Institution of Civil Engineers
  • Six Financial
  • Flexera

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Miranda Cass

Other key lawyers

Julia Cockroft