England - West Midlands • Corporate and commercial

Mills & Reeve LLP

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With a varied client list including private businesses, public sector organisations and NGOs, Mills & Reeve LLP’s tax practice supports across a range of matters often relating to M&A, real estate and banking transactions, share incentive structures, employment and investments. Kevin Lowe, a chartered tax adviser, leads the national corporate tax team, while Neil Pearson, specialising in social investment, venture capital schemes and employee share ownership, and Matthew Short, who heads the real estate and charity tax areas, co-lead the regional practice. Senior associate Carrie Ferris has broad experience but is particularly focused on employment tax and share incentives.

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  • ‘Practical advice with the client in mind.’

  • ‘Mills and Reeve offered a professional resource of expert HMRC and more specifically IR-35 knowledge.’

  • ‘Kevin Lowe offered a unique and knowledgeable perspective on IR-35 legislation. Kevin's expert knowledge reassured us that we were doing the right thing based on the current government legislation. All questions were answered quickly.’

  • ‘Kevin Lowe - Excellemt knowledge of his area of expertise.’

Key clients

  • Bango Plc
  • SAS International
  • KLM UK Engineering
  • Imperial College Health Partners
  • Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
  • The Institute of Engineering and Technology
  • Midwich Group plc
  • Puratos NV
  • Sapphiros U.K.
  • Money Advice Trust

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Kevin Lowe

Mills & Reeve LLP

Kevin leads the corporate tax team at Mills & Reeve and advises on the variety of tax issues that arise for the firm’s private and public sector clients. His experience includes giving tax advice on M&A transactions, venture capital and private equity, reorganisations, outsourcing, setting up in the UK, international transactions, VAT advice, property tax, employment tax and taxes relating to funding transactions.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Kevin Lowe, Neil Pearson, Matthew Short

Other key lawyers

Carrie Ferris