Karl Pocock > Birketts LLP > Norwich, England > Lawyer Profile

Birketts LLP
KINGFISHER HOUSE
1 GILDERS WAY
NORWICH
NR3 1UB
England

Work Department

Corporate Tax

Position

Partner – Head of Corporate Tax

Career

Karl is a Partner and Head of Corporate Tax. He qualified as a Solicitor in September 2002 and joined Birketts in July 2014. He specialises in business taxation and advises a wide range of clients including companies, entrepreneurs and not for profit organisations in relation to their tax affairs. He enjoys the variety that his role brings: whether this variety derives from the tax issue in question, the nature of the transaction itself or the client he is acting for. In particular, Karl regularly advises on mergers and acquisitions and has been involved in numerous transactions over the years, including many high value deals whilst at Birketts. He also advises companies in relation to reconstructions and demergers and has an underlying aim to achieve his clients’ commercial goals in the most cost-effective and straightforward manner as possible. Karl has a strong track record of advising both employers and employees in relation to tax issues that arise from employment or directorships including, by way of example, the taxation of termination payments and queries relating to employment related securities.

 

Karl is a member of the firm’s Charities Team and the Public Sector Team, as well as the Strategic Land Team.

Lawyer Rankings

East Anglia > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax

(Leading individuals)

Karl PocockBirketts LLP

Birketts LLP has a specialist corporate tax practice that is ‘fast in response, concise and up to the point in explanation, and conscious of saving clients costs‘. The firm is known for its work on structuring and transactional tax matters, strategic land development, employee incentives, employee ownership trusts, SEED and EIS investment schemes. It is also a key tax adviser to the region’s farming community. In Norwich, head of corporate tax Karl Pocock (who is ‘ superb, attentive and personable‘) and associate Ben Clarke (who is ‘ a delight to work with‘) are the main contacts. They advised Notcutts Garden Centres on the tax aspects of its sale and purchase agreement as part of its expansion in Cambridgeshire. In Ipswich, head of employee incentives Lisa Hayward is highly recommended.