Liesl Fichardt
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Work Department
Tax.
Position
Liesl advises on all areas of international tax, including the European treaties, directives and double taxation conventions in relation to direct tax and VAT. She has extensive experience in contentious tax matters and tax litigation at all levels, including the Tribunal and Special Commissioners, the UK High Court and Court of Appeal, the House of Lords and the ECJ.Liesl works closely with the firm’s private client and trusts, corporate tax and EU and competition law teams on areas of international tax and EU law. She advises individuals, corporations and multinationals.Liesl has advised on group litigation cases, in which UK taxation provisions are challenged, in particular the Franked Investment Income GLO which was successful in th ECJ and the High Court.
Career
Career: Trained Cape Town and Notre Dame, US; qualified 1989; partner Dorsey & Witney 2007; partner Berwin Leighton Paisner 2008. Has contributed to ‘Tax Journal’, ‘International Tax Review’; ‘Taxation’ ‘BNA International’ and ‘Financial Instruments Tax and Accounting’.
Languages
Languages: Afrikaans.
Member
Member: Law Society International Taxes Committee; International Fiscal Association; International Bar Association.
Education
Education: Stellenbosch University, South Africa; University of Cape Town (B.com law, LLB Hdip tax); University of Notre Dame, USA (LLM).
Leisure
Leisure: Art, yoga.
Practice Areas
Tax - corporate; Tax - international
