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LONDON
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David Scott

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Work Department

  • Tax
  • Private client
  • Charity and Philanthropy 

Position

David provides personal and corporate tax advice to the full range of the firm’s clients and his core practice involves tax advice for entrepreneurs and their businesses.

He has considerable experience advising on share and business acquisitions and disposals and expertise in all aspects of share incentive arrangements, ranging from the adoption of employee share schemes to highly tailored share-based arrangements for senior management and the use of employee benefit trusts. He also advises on the tax aspects of fundraising through EIS and SEIS for both investors and investee companies.

As the Head of the Charities and Philanthropy Group, he advises not-for-profit organisations and individual philanthropists on all charity law issues, including commercial arrangements and corporate governance issues, as well on specific charity tax issues.

Career

  • Trained Freshfields; qualified 2000;
  • Partner Harbottle & Lewis LLP 2011

Lawyer Rankings

London > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit

Co-led by David Scott and Colin Howes, the first-rate team at Harbottle & Lewis LLP acts for a variety of clients, including corporate foundations, media-related fundraising charities, and subsidised arts organisations. Other significant clients include high-net-worth individuals who need assistance with their personal philanthropy. The group has significant experience in advising charities on corporate, governance, and taxation matters. Howes and Scott act as trustees and board advisors to charities. The group frequently works with the firm’s reputation management group to help clients that face public scrutiny. May Delaney covers a wide array of matters and is skilled at advising on appropriate structures for charitable giving, especially where there is an US element.

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