Michael Ridsdale > Wedlake Bell LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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71 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET
LONDON
EC4V 4AY
England
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Michael Ridsdale
Work Department
Corporate tax.
Position
Michael advises on all aspects of UK and international taxation affecting businesses situated both in the UK and overseas. He is frequently asked to advise on the structuring of real estate transactions and has extensive experience advising both buyers and sellers on M&A and real estate-related transactions, ranging from FTSE 30 companies to family-owned companies. He also advises owners of all types of property interests be that UK and non-UK resident individuals, companies or partnerships, as wells as offshore and UK trustees on their underlying interests in land be that investment or trading, such as landed estates.
Michael has a particular expertise in indirect tax and regularly advises on the VAT and SDLT implications of a range of transactions.
In addition to his advisory practice, Michael is very experienced at handling enquiries and investigations made by, and appeals against, HM Revenue & Customs.
Career
Michael joined Wedlake Bell in 2005, having initially qualified in 2001 at what is now Squire Patton Boggs. He holds an LL.B. (Hons) from the University of Sheffield, an LL.M. in Taxation from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and is part of the teaching faculty on the MSc in Taxation at the University of Oxford. He has lectured on VAT law at a number of universities in London, at the Academy of European Law in Germany and at the Institute for Judicial and Legal Studies in Mauritius.
Memberships
British Property Federation’s VAT committee; Law Society’s VAT and Duties sub-committee; VAT Practitioners Group (National Chairman).
Education
Driffield School; Sheffield University (1997 LLB (Hons)); London School of Economics (2004 LLM taxation).
Leisure
Shooting, chainsawing.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms