Serena Lee
AkinAkin is particularly active in tax issues relating to the financial services sector, with coverage of funds and restructurings. Stephen Brown leads, and is particularly active in tax matters in the private equity sector. Serena Lee has key strength in financial restructurings, but covers a broad range of corporate tax matters. Matthew Durward-Thomas is experienced in international restructuring mandates.
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‘The team is exceptional and has real depth of understanding across the whole practice area.’
‘Serena Lee is brilliant. Her background with HMRC means that she can see problems in a 360 degree way and can find a solution where it has not occurred to anyone else. Since then, she has built up so much experience that she knows corporate tax issues inside out.’
Key clients
- Ad hoc group of noteholders to GenesisCare
- Ad hoc group of convertible noteholders to Cineworld
- Bain Capital, LP
- Nexperia BV
- Expedition Holdings and Expedition Growth
- Fortenova Grupa d. d.
- Palliser Capital
- Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
- Royalty Pharma
- Vitol SA
Work highlights
- Supported Nexperia in connection with the tax aspects of the sale of the UK’s largest semiconductor manufacturing business to Vishay Intertechnology for $177m.
- Advised Vitol in relation to the acquisition of BP’s Turkish fuel operations by Vitol’s subsidiary, Petrol Ofisi.
- Advising Expedition Holdings on the establishment of a hybrid fund/platform PE structure.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Stephen Brown