James Gopsill > Gateley Legal > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile
Gateley Legal Offices
ONE ELEVEN
EDMUND STREET
BIRMINGHAM
B3 2HJ
England
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James Gopsill
Work Department
Corporate tax.
Position
James specialises in all areas of corporate tax, real estate tax and share schemes. He has particular expertise on the taxation of real estate investment, real estate development and urban regeneration.
James’ clients include global banks, listed companies, private companies, entrepreneurs and individuals, charities and landowners. He is a consulting editor on VAT, stamp duties and stamp duty land tax for Lexis Nexis Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents. He is also a member of the VAT Practitioners Group and a member of Law Society Stamp Taxes Working Group.
Career
Trained: Bevan Ashford; qualified 1997. James was a graduate recruit to ICI Fibres spending four years specialising in business strategy and marketing. He then converted to law, qualified into corporate tax and joined Pinsents for five years followed by three years with DLA. He joined Gateley in 2005 and was made a partner in 2006. Publications of note: James is the consulting editor on VAT, stamp taxes and stamp duty land tax for Lexis Nexis ‘Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents’ and wrote the property taxation chapters in the ‘Sale of Land’ Volumes 38(1), (2) and (3); James wrote the chapter on the VAT treatment of super-yacht transactions in Informa’s ‘The Law of Yachts and Yachting’.
Memberships
VAT Practitioners Group; Law Society stamp taxes working group.
Education
University of London (1988 BA Hons history); University of Bristol (1994 Law).
Leisure
James enjoys spending time with his family and a variety of sports. He also enjoys riding, walking and the outdoors generally.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Construction
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Employment > Employment
- Real estate > Environment
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Pensions
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation