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Mrs Katie Oliver

Position
Katie is a solicitor and supervising associate in our Contentious Tax team. She works on the full range of contentious issues relating to both direct and indirect taxes, with a particular interest in tax-related judicial review claims and VAT issues. In addition to her focus on tax disputes and investigations, her experience extends to VAT advisory and accounting issues including complex partial exemption disputes.
Career
Katie holds a degree in Law with French Law from the University of Oxford. Katie trained and qualified at Simmons.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
Simmons & Simmons is ‘notable for its agility and unequalled client focus‘. As well as specialising in VAT, the group also handles matters involving landfill tax, customs duties, IPT and the CBAM. Jo Crookshank is responsible for leading the practice and is sought after for her experience assisting clients with disputes before the tax authorities, as well as her TMT sector knowledge. Key names in the practice to note include Richard Harvey, whose strength lies in contentious tax, and Katie Oliver, who is well versed in VAT exemptions and registration.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Securitisation
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Industry focus > TMT
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Real estate > Property litigation