One minute with Tim Sanders, partner and head of the European tax practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
How did you end up in tax?
Luck. When training your interest in any given practice area depends on what is going on when you sit there. In tax I had some interesting work whereas my time elsewhere coincided with periods when the skills required were the ability to use a photocopier and coloured pencils.
Who in tax do you most admire?
Young tax lawyers who manage pressures I could not have dreamed of at their age: dealing with one of the longest and most complex tax codes in the world and ever shorter deal timetables whilst under siege from email and mobile phone calls.
Is there a recent development in tax that concerns you?
The increasing tendency to draft tax legislation that is uncertain:...
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One minute with Tim Sanders, partner and head of the European tax practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
How did you end up in tax?
Luck. When training your interest in any given practice area depends on what is going on when you sit there. In tax I had some interesting work whereas my time elsewhere coincided with periods when the skills required were the ability to use a photocopier and coloured pencils.
Who in tax do you most admire?
Young tax lawyers who manage pressures I could not have dreamed of at their age: dealing with one of the longest and most complex tax codes in the world and ever shorter deal timetables whilst under siege from email and mobile phone calls.
Is there a recent development in tax that concerns you?
The increasing tendency to draft tax legislation that is uncertain:...
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