Stephen Miller > Shepherd and Wedderburn > Edinburgh, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Shepherd and Wedderburn Offices
9 Haymarket Square
EDINBURGH
EH3 8FY
United Kingdom
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Stephen Miller
Work Department
Corporate Tax
Position
Stephen is a partner in the corporate tax practice, advising on a wide range of direct and indirect taxes including corporation tax, VAT, stamp duty land tax, land and buildings transaction tax, capital gains tax, capital allowances, charity tax and employee taxation. He works closely with our corporate and real estate teams to ensure that transactions are implemented in the most tax efficient manner for clients, including corporate acquisitions, disposals and restructuring, sales and purchases of real estate, and property development and financing. Stephen has over 15 years’ experience and has worked with various industry leading organisations, such as The Miller Group Limited, BAE Systems and Cairn Energy PLC.
Career
Trained Dundas and Wilson; qualified 1996; McGrigors 1997-98; tax manager PriceWaterhouseCoopers 1998-2002; associate Brodies 2002-08; partner Shepherd and Wedderburn 2008 to date.
Memberships
Chartered Institute of Taxation (Chartered Tax Adviser)
Education
Strathaven Academy; University of Glasgow (1990 MA Hons); University of Aberdeen (LLB).
Leisure
Running, hillwalking.
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
(Leading partners)Shepherd and Wedderburn handles an array of tax matters that spans corporate transactions support work, land and property deals, employment issues, and various assets, including carbon credits. The firm also has a growing cross-border practice, and is increasingly active on both inbound and outbound transactions involving US and European entities. Group head Stephen Miller is noted for his expertise handling the tax aspects of M&A and PE deals, as well as his proficiency in real estate mandates. Chartered tax adviser and private wealth specialist Douglas Sinclair is highly active in the practice and has a broad offering, handling the full spectrum of tax issues.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Scotland > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate tax Scotland > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy (excluding oil and gas)
- Employment > Pensions
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries
- Real estate > Planning
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Public sector > Education
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Public sector > Local government
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Projects
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in Scotland
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment
- Public sector > Health
- Employment > Health and safety
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property