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Macfarlanes LLP Offices

London
    Macfarlanes LLP
    20 CURSITOR STREET
    LONDON
    EC4A 1LT
    England
    Visit website 020 7831 9222 020 7831 9607

    Damien Crossley

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    020 7849 2728 damien.crossley@macfarlanes.com

    Work Department

    Tax and Reward

    Position

    Damien is head of the tax and reward group. He specialises in advising investment fund managers on the formation of private funds, on their house and remuneration structures and on the structuring of their investment transactions. He is widely recognised as a leading adviser to the investment management industry.

    Damien’s clients are, in the main, investment fund managers who he advises on their house, fund and investment structuring. He has a particular expertise in the structuring and operation of private equity and private credit funds and on their carried interest and co-investment arrangements. Damien also advises a number of clients on the efficient structuring of their global private equity and special opportunity investments.

    Damien spent a year on secondment at a leading law firm in New York practising US tax and most of his work has an international dimension.

    Damien is a chartered tax adviser and regularly speaks and writes on tax matters.

    Damien is the co-author of the textbook “Taxation of Partnerships and LLPs” which is published by Sweet & Maxwell.

    Damien is chairperson of the AIMA ACC tax committee.

    Career

    Trained Macfarlanes; qualified 2002; partner 2009

    Lawyer Rankings

    London > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax

    (Leading partners)

    Damien Crossley – Macfarlanes LLP

    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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