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Mr James Somerville
Work Department
Tax
Position
James Somerville is a partner in A&L Goodbody’s Tax department. He advises on all aspects of taxation law but with particular emphasis on financial services and property related tax, including structured finance transactions, capital market issues, investment funds and cross border financings, mergers and acquisitions, inward investment, group re-organisations and property acquisition and holding structures.
Memberships
James currently sits on Main TALC, the main forum for liaison between tax practitioners in private practices and the Irish tax authority, the Revenue Commissioners. James is the former Chairman of both the Foreign Lawyers Forum of the Taxation Section of the American Bar Association and of the Taxation Committee of the Irish Law Society. He contributes regularly to legal and tax publications as well as speaking frequently at conferences and seminars on matters of Irish and international taxation. James is also an Associate of the Irish Taxation Institute.
Education
- Solicitor, Law Society of England and Wales
- Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland
- LLB, Trinity College Dublin
Lawyer Rankings
Ireland > Tax
(Leading individuals)A&L Goodbody LLP
is a leading force in M&A and capital markets-related tax matters, transfer pricing (including transfer pricing audits and litigation) and tax disputes; it has an impressive record in tax assessment appeals. The team advises a range of domestic and international corporates, financial institutions and financial sponsors. Paul Fahy heads the tax group and has continued to be prominent in tax disputes and transfer pricing. Amelia O’Beirne provides additional senior-level tax expertise in capital markets offerings, M&A transactions, transfer pricing and disputes. James Somerville has a major focus on financial services and property-related tax. Of counsel Philip McQueston is ‘a consummate all-rounder in Irish tax‘.
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