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Macfarlanes LLP Offices

Macfarlanes LLP
20 CURSITOR STREET
LONDON
EC4A 1LT
England
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Mark Baldwin

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02078492603 [email protected]

Work Department

Tax and Reward

Position

Mark’s practice spans a broad spectrum of corporate tax work.

His particular areas of expertise are the structuring of collective investment vehicles (particularly domestic and pan-European private equity and real estate funds) and associated carried interest and co-investment structures, real estate investment, development and finance and indirect tax (particularly VAT). He has advised on a number of strategic transactions for private equity houses.

Mark is chairman of the BVCA Tax Committee and a member of the Tax Committee of the Association of Partnership Practitioners (APP).  He regularly speaks and writes on a wide variety of tax topics.

Career

Qualified 1987; partner Macfarlanes 1997

Memberships

VAT Practitioners Group; Law Society’s VAT and Duties Sub-Committee; BVCA Tax Committee; Association of Partnership Practitioners; Stamp Taxes Practitioners Group

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax

Macfarlanes LLP fields a team praised by clients for its ‘deep technical tax knowledge’, with a strong record acting as lead tax adviser in a diverse range of highly complex tax matters. Areas of strength include VAT, transfer pricing, valuation, and employee incentives and mobility. The department is led by Damien Crossley, who is a leading figure in private capital tax. Sophie Donnithorne-Tait is active in both domestic and international tax mandates, and is particularly active on behalf of private capital managers, as is James McCredie. Ashley Greenbank and Mark Baldwin are active in the department as advisers. Jeremy Moncrieff is a ‘a stand-out performer’, with key strength in high value M&A. Gregory Price is a contact for strategic tax matters such as group structuring and relationships with tax authorities, while Alicia Thomas advises fund managers in a range of matters. Sarah Shucksmith joined the partnership in May 2023, and has expertise in real estate tax.

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