Chris Mortimer > Macfarlanes LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Macfarlanes LLP
20 CURSITOR STREET
LONDON
EC4A 1LT
England

Work Department

Tax and Reward

Position

Chris is head of the VAT practice. He advises a broad range of clients but has a particular focus on financial services, real estate and luxury assets.

His team advises on all aspects of VAT including the establishment of new investment vehicles; partial exemption methods and other matters pertaining to VAT recovery; structuring of property transactions and property holding arrangements; implementation of outsourcing arrangements; M&A; and the acquisition, use and disposal of yachts, aircraft and artwork.

Chris also has extensive experience of handling disputes with tax authorities. He is a chartered accountant and chartered tax advisor.

Career

Qualified 2013

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax

Macfarlanes LLP boasts an ‘excellent specialist VAT practice’ that has expertise handling the tax elements of real estate and M&A transactions, investment funds structures, and disputes and HMRC investigations. Solicitor, chartered accountant, and chartered tax advisor Chris Mortimer leads the team and is an ‘expert on all financial services VAT matters’, and he has helped the firm to grow its investment management and financial services-related work. VAT specialist Charishma Bhujohory is also a notable name.