Kate Schmit > Stevens & Bolton LLP > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile

Stevens & Bolton LLP
WEY HOUSE
FARNHAM ROAD
GUILDFORD
GU1 4YD
England

Work Department

Corporate tax

Position

Partner and Head of Corporate Tax specialising in corporate tax, exit tax planning for entrepreneurs and share schemes/equity incentives.

Career

Trained and worked at Hammonds LLP (Squire Patton Boggs) 1998-2008 (qualified 2000); joined Stevens & Bolton LLP 2008; partner 2010.

Memberships

Member of the Share Plan Lawyers Group

Education

University of Manchester (1997 BA hons, Accounting and Law); Manchester Metropolitan University (LPC).

Leisure

Travel, family, cooking, choral singing.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax

(Leading individuals)

Kate Schmit Stevens & Bolton LLP

Praised by clients for its ‘can-do attitude’ and ‘deep knowledge’, Stevens & Bolton LLP’s corporate tax team works closely with the firm’s wider corporate department, and specialises in tax advice in relation to complex and high-value transactions, including corporate tax issues, share schemes, and incentives. Kate Schmit heads up the team and is well versed in acting for a range of corporate clients, with her practice extending to equity incentive design and implementation mandates. The firm’s reach was bolstered with the arrival of Sarah Cardew, former head of the corporate tax team at Irwin Mitchell, in October 2022. Sarah Balchin’s broad practice includes growth capital and real estate matters, while Melanie Shone offers specialist expertise in off-payroll working rules.