Lorna McCaa > Dentons > Glasgow, Scotland > Lawyer Profile
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Lorna McCaa
Work Department
Tax.
Position
Lorna is a partner in the UK Tax team, and is a chartered tax advisor as well as a solicitor. She has more than 18 years’ experience advising on the UK tax aspects of corporate and real estate transactions from a legal and tax planning perspective. This includes structuring commercial transactions and tax-efficient employee incentivization arrangements, advising on direct taxes, SDLT, LBTT, capital allowances and VAT. She is well positioned in the marketplace to advise on both Scottish taxes and the rest of UK taxes.
Lorna is an active member of the Tax Law Sub-Committee of the Law Society of Scotland, and the Scottish Property Federation Tax Committee. She is ranked Band 1 for Tax in Scotland by Chambers & Partners and ranked Tier 1 for Tax in Legal 500, and is recognized for providing a balance of being good on the technical tax detail but absolutely pragmatic and commercial in terms of ensuring clients’ objectives are met timeously.
Career
Trained at Maclay Murray & Spens LLP and qualified into tax department in 2002, promoted to director in 2011, and partner in 2014 (becoming a partner in Dentons UK and Middle East LLP in 2017).
Memberships
Chartered Institute of Taxation (qualified as CTA 2006). Current directorships:
Vindex Services Limited; Vindex Limited.
Education
University of Glasgow (1999 LLB (hons)); Glasgow Graduate School of Law (2000 Dip LP).
Leisure
Walking; reading; children’s activities.
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
Leveraging its international presence and tax practice to advise on complex cross-border mandates, Dentons‘ corporate tax team in Scotland offers specialist skills across the gamut of areas including real estate, planning for high-net-worth individuals, VAT, financial services, and warranties and indemnities for M&A transactions. Lorna McCaa leads the team from Glasgow, having built a stellar reputation across numerous key sectors, from food and drink and retail to technology and real estate. Gwen Souter is a key contact and a trusted tax advisor to major stock exchange listed companies, privately held businesses and multinational corporates.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Finance > Investment funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Projects
- Transport
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy (excluding oil and gas)
- Real estate > Environment
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation