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CMS Cameron McKenna LLP

MITRE HOUSE, 160 ALDERSGATE STREET, LONDON, EC1A 4DD, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7367 3000
Fax:
Fax 020 7367 2000
DX:
135316 BARBICAN 2
Web:
www.cms-cmck.com
Email:

Mark Nichols

Tel:
Work +44 20 7367 2051
Email:
CMS Cameron McKenna LLP

Work Department

Corporate tax.

Position

Partner advising on commercial and corporate tax matters, specialising in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, privatisations and joint ventures, both UK and international; regular adviser on listed company work, structured financing, bids and flotations; major work includes principal finance work and associated financing; focus on CEE private equity and cross-border structuring work; expert in the fields of property tax, including SDLT planning; leading adviser to the hotel sector but also large-scale property investment development, investment and cross-border funds and financing work; also advises on tax insurance and litigation.

Career

Pupil barrister at leading tax chambers 1986; qualified 1990; assistant solicitor McKenna & Co 1986-94; partner 1994; head of tax group 1999-2005.

Languages

French, Russian.

Education

Manchester Grammar School; King’s College, London (1984 LLB Hons).

Leisure

Sport (tennis, golf, skiing), bridge, quizzes, wine.

Practice Areas

Tax - corporate; Tax - international; Tax - VAT, C&E

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CMS Cameron McKenna LLP

  • Access to justice: protective costs orders in planning challenges

    Third parties and competing developers have no rights of appeal to the Secretary of State against planning decisions. Disappointed applicants can appeal to the Secretary of State and can have the merits of the application reconsidered. The only remedy available to a disappointed third party is a challenge by way of judicial review in the High Court on a point of law. The sense of frustration and disempowerment this creates has not been helped by the increasing complexity of the planning process and the use of consultation to legitimise decisions that many perceive may already have been taken.
    - CMS Group

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