Miranda Cass > Bristows LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Bristows LLP
100 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT
LONDON
EC4Y 0DH
England

Living Wage

Work Department

Tax

Position

Miranda is a corporate tax specialist with over 30 years’ experience.

Miranda advises clients from early stage tech and life sciences companies to multi-national corporations operating in the pharma, tech and consumer products industries on the whole gamut of tax issues that they face in carrying on their businesses.

Specialist areas include advising businesses, both UK-based and overseas, on the structure and negotiation of M&A deals and other forms of corporate/commercial transaction such as joint ventures, financings, capital raisings, reorganisations, real estate deals and IT and IP contracts/licensing arrangements.

Advising on employee tax issues, share incentives, investment reliefs for growing companies, VAT and the taxation of innovation also forms a significant part of her practice.

Miranda advises on the full range of tax issues affecting clients in the charities and not-for-profit sector, and, in recent years, negotiating with, and litigating against, HMRC has also become a feature of her work.

Career

Qualified in 1990
Joined Bristows 1995
Partner since 1998

Languages

French, some German

Memberships

Charity Law Association
Charity Tax Group; The Law Society
The International Fiscal Association

Education

Perse School for Girls, Cambridge
Jesus College, Cambridge (1986 BA Hons Law; 1990 MA)

Leisure

Family, tennis, theatre, The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, The Hurlingham Club, Trustee of the Royal Theatrical Support Trust

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax

Bristows LLP advises clients on tax elements related to a broad range of transactions, and has a particular focus on the technology and life sciences, and media and brands sectors. Highly experienced practice head Miranda Cass handles transactional, advisory, and contentious tax matters. Julia Cockroft, who made partner in May 2023, advises on corporate and real estate tax matters.