Stephenson Harwood boasts a myriad of real estate tax experts, with significant depth of knowledge in real estate structuring and transactions. Its contentious offering covers investigations, enquiries, and private settlements with HMRC. John Meehan heads up the group, which benefits from his expertise in funds, M&A, and structuring mandates, as well as VAT and stamp duty matters.
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Testimonials
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‘John Meehan is excellent - very knowledgeable and incredibly pragmatic’
- 'The team at SH is both technically able and well-attuned to the commercial needs of their clients. They deal efficiently and sensibly with complex, large-scale litigation.'
- 'Shofiq Miah is a real star - he is very knowledgeable on complex tax issues and is able to communicate complex concepts clearly and efficiently. He is also always unfailing polite, responsive and is a very nice person to deal with.'
Key clients
- Liberum Capital Limited
- Bicycle Therapeutics plc
- Henderson investment trusts
- Macquarie AirFinance Holdings Limited
- Bowmark Capital
- Kudu Investment Management LLC
- Denkavit Group
- FPE, Civica, BD Capital, Pelican Capital, Rockpool
- Schroders Capital Real Estate Fund (SCREF)/Schroders Real Estate Investment Trust (SREIT)
- Swiss Life Asset Managers
- M&G
- Tristan Capital
- Custodian Property Income REIT
Work highlights
- Advised Bicycle Therapeutics plc (Bicycle) simultaneously on two complex collaboration and licence agreements in the radiopharm space, one with Novartis and one with Bayer.
- Advising Schroders on the sale of One Ruskin Square, Croydon, a major regeneration scheme adjacent to East Croydon Railway Station.
- Advised Swiss Life Asset Managers in connection with the sale of the self-storage property portfolio of its existing fund to a newly established continuation vehicle, Swiss Life Thematic Continuation 1 LP.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
John Meehan