Tom Wilde
Shoosmiths LLPAdvising investors and investee companies on enterprise investment schemes (EIS) and venture capital trust-compliant investments is at the core of Shoosmiths LLP‘s tax offering in Reading, with the team’s client roster consisting of multi-national corporates, serial investors, owner-managed-businesses and commercial property investors. Daniel Kennedy has vast expertise in the tax aspects of acquisitions, disposals, lettings, and the development of commercial and residential property. Practice head Tom Wilde is particularly adept at advising on tax-efficient investments, reorganisations and exits, ensuring compliance with the enterprise investment scheme (EIS) and venture capital trust (VCT) regimes, often assisting companies and individuals with one-off business transactions and compliance issues.
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‘Clear, concise and straightforward advice, efficient work delivered promptly, and a friendly, responsive service.’
‘Very good availability of our lead partner, Tom Wilde, who deals with all matters swiftly even at the busiest times, and as efficiently for us as possible.’
‘Highly responsive with advice delivered with real commercial application. Daniel Kennedy is simply stand out. ’
‘Daniel Kennedy is our go-to for all things real estate tax. He is head and shoulders above the rest of the property tax practitioners we have encountered. His excellent background and understanding of all things real estate ensures his advice has real commercial bite. Responsive, pragmatic, sensible and easily understood advice. An absolutely excellent operator.’
‘The team is partner-led; they are always in the detail and everything delivered by associates is thoroughly checked. The team demonstrates exceptional expertise in the area of VCT and S/EIS investments (both investor and company side) and are unequivocally market leading. ’
‘Tom Wilde is an exceptional lawyer and market leader in the corporate tax space. He is uniquely academic, but very commercial and thoroughly understands the intersection between all areas of corporate tax and HMRC policy & implementation.’
‘Excellent market knowledge of all incentive programmes used throughout a company lifecycle. Proactive team with good relationships across the market.'
Key clients
- Octopus Investments Limited
- Laverock Therapeutics Limited
- Beringea LLP
- Gresham House Asset Management Limited
- StudentCrowd Limited
- INGKA Centres Services AB
- Leftfield Logistics III Limited
- North Atlantic Value GP 5 LLP
- EG Group Limited
- Maven Capital Partners UK LLP
- Puma Private Equity
- Calculus Capital Limited
Work highlights
- Advised Octopus Investments Limited on the EIS and VCT eligibility of its lead role in the $13.9 million Series A funding investment into the green technology company Puraffinity.
- Advised INGKA (the real estate arm of IKEA) on the real estate tax aspects of its £145 million acquisition of the Churchill Square shopping centre in Brighton.
- Advised Leftfield Logistics III Limited on the corporate tax aspects of their £30 million acquisition of the entire share capital of the owner of a significant logistics facility.
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Tom Wilde