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Slaughter and May Offices

ONE BUNHILL ROW
LONDON
EC1Y 8YY
England
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Gareth Miles

Work Department
Tax
Tax Disputes
Global Investigations
Infrastructure and Energy
Private Equity
Position
Partner; Gareth’s practice covers all direct taxes, stamp duties and value added tax with a strong focus on corporation tax. He has extensive experience of corporate transactions, including, in particular, public and private M&A (domestic and cross-border) and group reconstructions.
He also has significant expertise on private equity transactions, for example advising Blackstone on a £100m strategic minority equity investment in HH Global, on the acquisition by HH Global of Adare International Holdings Limited and an investment in Ki, the first fully digital and algorithmically-driven Lloyd’s syndicate.
Career
Joined firm 1997. Partner since 2007.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
(Leading partners)Slaughter and May brings ‘extremely high professionalism and technical competence’ to a roster of prestige domestic and international clients, including numerous prominent multinationals. Among other high profile mandates, the department recently advised Cineworld and its administrators on the tax aspects of its Chapter 11 restructuring and pre-pack administration. Mike Lane
leads the team, and has a broad practice which covers M&A, capital markets transactions, and structured finance. Key names include Gareth Miles, who advised Cineworld in their restructuring, and Dominic Robertson, whose practice covers both contentious and non-contentious matters. Charles Osborne is experienced in highly complex international transactions, while Sarah Osprey covers tax aspects of corporate finance transactions, and provides support on day-to-day tax issues. Senior counsel Emma Game leads on pensions tax.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate tax London > Corporate and commercial
- Leading partners London > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Industry focus > TMT
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Environment
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property finance
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)