Burges Salmon LLP works alongside the firm's corporate, real estate, and banking teams to assist in a range of complex transactions. Ian Carnochan leads the group, and has a broad practice which includes both domestic and international tax matters. Hilary Barclay is experienced in group international structures and group tax advisory matters.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Burges' unique combination of market-leading private client expertise combined with a very solid and experienced corporate tax practice  makes them one of my favourite advisors.’

  • ‘Ian Carnochan on the corporate side is very experienced and technically astute and a please to deal with.’

  • ‘The corporate tax practice of Burgess Salmon is composed of people that are down to earth and very capable.’

  • ‘Ian Carnochan is a very knowledgeable tax partner and pleasant to work with.’

Key clients

  • Atrato Onsite Energy plc
  • Drax Energy Solutions
  • Oxygen Conservation Limited
  • Bristol City Council
  • Virgin Group
  • FirstGroup plc
  • Octopus
  • Stevenage Borough Council

Work highlights

  • Advised Oxygen Conservation on the tax aspects of the acquisition of estates in Scotland and England.
  • Provided tax advice to Atrato Onsite Energy plc, an investment company focused on onsiteclean energy generation, on its acquisition programme.
  • Advised Drax Energy Solutions on its acquisition of a leading UK electric vehicle charge point installer.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ian Carnochan

Other key lawyers

Hilary Barclay, John Barnett, Gillian Griffiths, Silvana Van der Velde