Bob Neal > Freeths LLP > Nottingham, England > Lawyer Profile

Freeths LLP
CUMBERLAND COURT
80 MOUNT STREET
NOTTINGHAM
NG1 6HH
England
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Work Department

Corporate and property tax.

Position

Head of tax, advises on a wide range of business and property tax matters, such as tax issues on share sales/acquisitions, VAT, stamp duty land tax, company reorganisations and demergers, employee share incentives and business-related IHT issues.

Career

Trained Eversheds; qualified 1997; associate Martineau Johnson 2000-01; partner and head of corporate tax Irwin Mitchell 2001-04; partner and head of corporate and property tax Freeths LLP 2004 onwards.

Education

Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe; Cambridge University (1984 BA (Hons) History and Economics); Lancaster University (1985 MA International Relations); Nottingham Trent University (1995 CPE; LPC).

Leisure

Music, trekking, Norwich City FC.

Lawyer Rankings

Yorkshire and the Humber > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax

Freeths LLP’s is well versed in handling tax litigation and tax structuring matters. The team is headed by Bob Neal from Nottingham; in Sheffield, Adrian Hackett is noted for his expertise in handling investment fund structuring matters, as is senior associate Alex Angelides. Director Claire Boyce handles tax issues in M&A transactions, exit planning, and corporate reorganisation and restructuring matters.