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Aparna Nathan KC KC
Position
Aparna Nathan KC is a highly sought-after tax barrister. She has a high-profile litigation practice, often involving millions, sometimes billions in tax, and represents clients in all forums including the Supreme Court.
Advisory: tax planning for ultra-high net worth UK and foreign domiciliaries including complex offshore structures; Residence and Domicile/ Deemed Domicile issues; UK property CGT regime; Estate planning; GAAR; company residence and permanent establishment; EBTs; disguised remuneration.
Litigation: extensive litigation including in the Supreme Court.
APN/ PPN/ FNs and Penalties: David Beadle v HMRC ; Reid & Emblin v HMRC ; Sheiling Properties Ltd v HMRC.
TMA, CRCA: HMRC v Derry; Goldsmith v HMRC; Rogers& Shaw v HMRC; De Silva v HMRC.
Partnerships and LLPs: Walewski v HMRC; Cobalt Data Centres LLP1 and others v HMRC.
Corporation Tax: EDF Energy v HMRC; HMRC v SSE Generation; BAT v HMRC.
Ramsay Challenges: Good & Ryan v HMRC; Daarasp v HMRC; Flanaghan v HMRC; Berry v HMRC.
Judicial Review: JJ Management Consulting LLP v HMRC; Dickinson v HMRC ; Archer v HMRC.
Discovery Assessments: Good & Ryan v HMRC; Hoey v HMRC; Anderson v HMRC.
Company residence: Laerstate v HMRC; Wood v Holden.
For more information on Aparna’s practice and latest case highlights, please consult her full Devereux profile.
Career
Took Silk 2019. Joined Devereux in August 2014. 1996-August 2014 member of Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers
Publications: McCutcheon on Inheritance Tax; Mellows on Taxation for Trustees and Executors (Offshore Trusts).
Memberships
Chair of the Capital Gains Tax Sub-Committee; member of the Succession Taxes Sub-Committee at the CIOT; Honourary Secretary of the Addington Society; member of the Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers.
Leisure
Performing Arts Committee of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Tax: corporate
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Devereux is highly active on behalf of HMRC, and as such provide ‘extremely valuable insight for taxpayers‘, in both contentious and advisory mandates. The group covers commercial disputes and professional negligence in the tax space, and is noted for its employment tax aptitude. Felicity Cullen KC is particularly active for owner-managed businesses, and has experience advising on tax matters with complex cross-border elements. This is also an area of expertise for Akash Nawbatt KC, who appeared for HMRC in Lloyd’s Banking Group v HMRC, a case relating to cross-border group relief of losses. Aparna Nathan KC has strength in matters relating to mixed member partnership rules. Christopher Stone KC took silk in 2024, and is noted for his aptitude in employment tax. Senior junior Barrie Akin is ‘personable, helpful, and kind’, and acts on behalf of both businesses and individuals.
London Bar > Tax: personal
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Aparna Nathan KC –Devereux ‘Aparna is an effective communicator who can explain complex issues to clients and provide pragmatic advice and solutions.’