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Latham & Watkins Offices

Latham & Watkins
99 BISHOPSGATE
LONDON
EC2M 3XF
England
99 BISHOPSGATE
LONDON
EC2M 3XF
England
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Serena Lee

Position
Serena Lee, formerly with HM Revenue & Customs — the UK tax authority — advises fund managers, asset managers, lenders, and investors on corporate tax matters, with a particular focus on fund and investment structures.
Serena advises on all aspects of corporate tax, including:
- Domestic and cross-border corporate and finance transactions
- Financial restructurings
- Corporate reorganizations
- Fund and investment structures
- Oil and gas tax issues
- Activist shareholder matters
Prior to joining Latham, Serena served as a legal adviser at HM Revenue & Customs, advising policy teams on the Finance Bill and corporation tax issues. She helps clients navigate matters with insight into the UK tax authority’s policy and legislative priorities.
Previously, Serena also practiced at a global law firm in its London and Beijing offices.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Risk advisory > ESG
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Finance > High yield
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Industry focus > TMT
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Finance > Securitisation
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Acquisition finance