Adrian Hackett > Freeths LLP > Sheffield, England > Lawyer Profile

Freeths LLP
FIFTH FLOOR, 3 ST PAUL'S PLACE
129 NORFOLK STREET
SHEFFIELD
S1 2JE
England

Work Department

Tax.

Position

Tax partner. Specialisms: corporate restructuring, tax structuring of investment funds, property taxes. Cases include a number of demergers, structuring inward investment into large renewable energy projects, recapitalisation of the UK subsidiaries of a large multinational and structuring several private equity and property funds.

Career

Trained Pinsent Masons; qualified 2003; Addleshaw Goddard (assistant–tax), 2003-05; Hackett Windle (partner), 2005-10; Lupton Fawcett (partner), 2012-11; Freeths partner 2012.

Memberships

Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Tax.

Education

Sheffield Hallam University (1995-99 LLB); University of Sheffield (1999-2000 LPC); University of Bristol (2002-05 BA dual hons Philosophy and Mathematics).

Leisure

Climbing, karate, reading.

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.