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Real estate tax

Our industry-leading tax lawyers provide comprehensive real estate tax advice to clients based domestically and internationally.

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Our tax lawyers offer advice on all areas of real estate tax, including stamp taxes, VAT and corporate taxes (including capital allowances).

This includes advising on the tax implications of property investment, financing and development, as well as corporate acquisitions and restructurings involving real estate assets.

We work with both individuals and corporate clients (whether based in the UK or internationally) on real estate located in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Clients recommend us for our diligent and pragmatic approach and our ability to deal with high-value, complex and unusual transactions.

We work closely with our real estate, banking and corporate teams, and across all sectors, to identify issues and opportunities at an early stage and deliver solutions which are both tax efficient and which work for our clients commercially.

Services

Property investment, financing and development transactions

Advice on tax-efficient structuring and compliance for property investment, development and financing arrangements, including forward funding and forward sale arrangements.

Rural and agricultural estates

Advice on portfolio acquisitions and disposals and complex land transactions, including surrenders and regrants, other land exchanges and transfers of going concerns.

Inward investment in UK real estate

Advice on tax-efficient structuring for inward investment in UK real estate, using UK / non-UK acquisition vehicles, including advice on non-resident capital gains on disposals of UK land, and for non-resident landlords.

Real estate funds and structured financing arrangements

Advice on the establishment and management of property funds, including the pooling of real estate pension fund assets, and on complex transactions involving real estate assets.

Specialist advice on VAT and stamp taxes in relation to land transactions

Advice on structuring and stamp taxes in all UK jurisdictions, and on land exchanges, transfers of going concerns, sub-sales, and leasehold and freehold transactions.

Foreign property structuring

Our foreign property lawyers advise on UK legal and tax implications of owning overseas properties, assisting with structuring, estate planning, and transactions while coordinating with local advisors to ensure smooth, compliant processes.