Paul Beausang advises clients on a broad range of cross-border corporate tax and structured transaction tax matters, issues, with a particular focus on structured finance and real estate transactions. Paul has also been active in advising UK local and municipal authorities on structuring their residential and commercial property holdings to optimise delivery of affordable housing and regeneration.
Paul has advised on devising innovative solutions and structures to minimise unnecessary 'leakage' and maximising efficiencies both in terms of tax payable and timing of tax payments, including in relation to interest withholding taxes, deductibility, sales taxes (e.g. VAT), entity taxes, capital taxes, document taxes (e.g. stamp duty), profit extraction, advising on specialist regimes such as the securitisation company tax regime and the associated HM Revenue & Customs guidance, and drafting and issuance of tax opinions as part of the achievement of ratings from the leading rating agencies, and obtaining rulings and advance clearances from HMRC.
