Welcome to 40 under 40 for 2015. This publication gives our pick of some of the best young professionals working in tax today.
I offer my congratulations to all the individuals profiled below. This is the third time we have published this guide. We received a record number of entries, and the quality was exceptional.
What sets this guide apart is the methodology behind our selection. Everyone will have an opinion on who should be listed, so, to help us make the best selection, a team of independent and experienced researchers evaluated all submissions. This was no small undertaking. The team took up hundreds of references from clients, employers and peers. We were looking for technical excellence, commercial nous and first-rate client skills.
Thank you to everyone involved and, in particular, to those who supplied detailed references. The standard of entries made for very difficult decisions. Everyone profiled comes very highly rated.
Paul Stainforth, Editor, Tax Journal
(Alphabetically by surname)
Anna Anthony, partner, head of UK financial services tax, EY
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Marie Barber, tax partner, Kinetic Partners
Jo Bateson, partner, KPMG
Jonathan Bremner, barrister, Pump Court Tax Chambers
John Brinsmead-Stockham, barrister, 11 New Square
Nick Clayton, senior associate and solicitor advocate, Herbert Smith Freehills
Yvonne Cypher, tax partner, PwC
Paul Davison, partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Aaron Fairhurst, partner, CMS Cameron McKenna
Mark Feldman, vice president, tax strategy and business support, Pearson
Matthew Findley, partner and head of share plans & incentives, Pinsent Masons
Philippe Freund, barrister, Joseph Hage Aaronson
Jill Gatehouse, partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Tim George, partner, Withers
Sonia Gilbert, partner, Clifford Chance
Pete Hackleton, tax partner, Saffery Champness
Judy Harrison, senior associate, Norton Rose Fulbright
David Hewitt, tax partner, Grant Thornton
Lizzie Hill, partner, Deloitte
James Hume, associate, Slaughter and May
Warren Hyams, managing director, WLH Tax
Helena Kanczula, senior tax manager, Hazlems Fenton
Paul Knight, partner, head of not for profit tax, BDO
Jonathan Legg, tax partner, Mishcon de Reya
Richard Montague, tax partner, BDO
Rory Mullan, barrister, 15 Old Square
Prabhu Narasimhan, partner, White & Case
Steven Porter, senior associate, Pinsent Masons
Gregory Price, associate, Slaughter and May
Dawn Register, partner, tax dispute resolution, BDO
Nicola Roberts, partner, Deloitte
Lachlan Roos, partner, PwC
Paul Rutherford, partner, DLA Piper UK
Paul Scully, international tax partner, Grant Thornton
Nick Skerrett, head of contentious tax, Simmons & Simmons
Chris Springett, associate director, private client tax services, Smith & Williamson
Matt Townsend, partner, Deloitte
Heather Williams, senior manager, UHY Hacker Young
Matthew Woods, partner, Withers
