Kate Schmit > Stevens & Bolton LLP > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile
Stevens & Bolton LLP Offices
WEY HOUSE
FARNHAM ROAD
GUILDFORD
GU1 4YD
England
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Kate Schmit
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 partners)Noted for its strong expertise in the tech sector, Stevens & Bolton LLP is well regarded for providing tax support on a wide variety of transactions, including M&A with equity incentive structures, and exit planning. Practice head Kate Schmit has a strong track record of advising entrepreneurs on equity incentive design and implementation. Sarah Cardew focuses on real estate and construction-related mandates, assisting clients with VAT, stamp duty land tax, the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) and capital allowances. Sarah Balchin regularly advises on the tax aspects of growth capital matters, as well as employee share schemes and shareholder issues. Melanie Shone left the firm in 2023, and John Forde joined from Fladgate LLP in late 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners South East > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate tax South East > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Environment and planning
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Property litigation