DLA Piper's large team covers a broad range of tax matters, including corporate reorganisations, fund formation, and transfer pricing. Jason Collins leads the tax team, and has significant experience in the full range of tax audits, enquiries, and appeals. Ben Jones covers both direct and indirect tax, and has recently been active in significant corporate reorganisation work. Matt Davies advises on a range of international tax matters, while Randall Fox leads the transfer pricing team.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Quick response, attentive.’
‘Richard Harbot and Gemma Grunewald are outstanding tax lawyers, creative, service oriented and solution focused.’
‘The team is totally devoted to satisfying client needs, and really embraces our problems.’
‘The team is technically strong whilst being commercially minded and responsive.’
‘Matt Davies has always been ready at the other end of a phone.’
‘The team really understands our business and our commercial, legal and tax compliance needs. Their technical knowledge is excellent, but they stand out with their client knowledge and with their ability to propose solutions as compared to merely quoting technical requirements.’
‘Their in depth client knowledge, they feel like internal resources of our business which understand our needs intimately. They genuinely care about our business.’
'Michael Graham's enthusiasm for tax comes across in his work. He is the most engaged tax partner we work with across all our law firms.'
Key clients
- Bank Leumi (UK) plc
- Ooredoo Group LLC
- VAT IT Group Limited
- BAE Systems
- Mid-Ulster DC
- Nuveen Real Estate
- Candy Capital
Work highlights
- Advising Bank Leumi on the deregulation and closure of its UK banking business, and the subsequent solvent liquidation of that regulated entity.
- Scoping the tax and transfer pricing issues for BAE Systems plc to enable these to be dealt with during complex negotiations involving the governments and other prime contractors.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jason Collins