England - London • Corporate and commercial
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP fields a team with a record of handling a broad range of challenging tax issues and transactions, including M&A, reorganisations, and contentious matters. Mavnick Nerwal specialises in public and private M&A transactions, while Ian Ferreira handles private and real estate fund structuring, and Frixos Hatjantonas covers a range of transactions and disputes. Alexander Cox, who joined from Ashurst in September 2022, has significant experience in tax aspects of investment and real estate funds. James Morgan has now joined from Linklaters LLP.
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Alexander Cox is a partner in Kirkland & Ellis' London office. His practice focuses on the structuring of investment funds, including advising in relation to management company tax issues and carried interest. He also has significant experience advising on real estate tax matters covering both the establishment of real estate funds and the M&A transactions they undertake.
James is a tax partner in the London office. James has a broad corporate, finance and structuring tax practice, with a particular focus on the taxation of financial institutions, debt funds and alternative credit funds.
Mavnick is a corporate tax partner in the London office. He specialises in advising on public and private M&A transactions, reorganisations and reconstructions and corporate finance. Mav has a particular focus on both UK and international private equity and credit tax structuring.
Ceinwen combines her extensive market knowledge with legal and tax technical expertise to advise on a broad range of tax and structuring matters with a particular focus on advising investment fund managers on their fund, house, carry and co-investment structuring. Ceinwen also represents investment management and corporate clients in connection with acquisitions, disposals and restructuring of investments. Ceinwen spends a significant portion of her time advising clients on how best to deliver remuneration and incentive packages to their executives in a commercially aligned and efficient way. She also represents management teams on the tax implications arising in a buy-out situation. Ceinwen is recognised in Chambers as someone who "is responsive, commercial and practically-minded" and "very strong on client delivery". In addition to her legal qualification, Ceinwen holds a GDip in finance from the London School of Economics (2008).