STAMP-DUTY

Matthew Mortimer and Tamar Ruiz (Mayer Brown) provide an overview of the tax treatment of derivatives, repo and stock loan transactions for UK companies.

James McCredie (Macfarlanes) reviews a hugely welcome new regime, but explains there are still some ‘shoot in foot’ opportunities that it is to be hoped the government and HMRC will resist.

The latest developments that matter, reviewed by Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May).

Elena Rowlands, Cathryn Vanderspar and Ian Zeider (Travers Smith) are hopeful that the government will seize the opportunity for positive change to support the UK’s funds industry.

Jeanette Zaman and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May) review recent developments affecting the City.

 

With the UK’s continuing attractiveness as a holding company tax jurisdiction, Jonathan Cooklin and Dominic Foulkes (Davis Polk) consider the scope of technical UK tax issues that have a direct bearing on the drafting of merger agreements and related documents which implement these transactions.

 

Paula Tallon (Gabelle) looks back on some of the most significant tax changes affecting SMEs in recent months.