James McCredie > Macfarlanes LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Macfarlanes LLP
20 CURSITOR STREET
LONDON
EC4A 1LT
England
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Work Department

Tax and Reward

Position

James advises on a wide range of tax matters, including the establishment of private equity, credit, real estate and other investment funds and their deal and investment structuring, the structuring of management incentive plans and partnership tax.

James has advised a wide client base on a substantial range of tax matters. He specialises in investment fund tax, and has worked on fundraisings for our key investment funds clients and on a stand-alone basis across the range of asset classes and fund terms (through private equity, property and hedge funds, as well as family office investment structures). He has been involved in examining the structures of a number of fund managers in response to the many changes to personal and corporate taxation (including carried interest changes) which have affected the industry over recent years.

He is a specialist in partnership tax across asset management and other professional services firms.

James also advises funds and others in the financial services sphere on their acquisitions and disposals of investments (both private equity and property based) and the structure of investment platforms and establishment and disposal of asset managers themselves. He advises on the tax treatment of secondary transactions in fund investments (including a number of recent stapled secondary transactions and GP lead processes) as well as asset manager stake sales.

James is co-chair of the firm’s Pride network.

Career

Qualified 2007; partner 2014

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.