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Frank Mitchell SC

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Work Department

Door tenant

Position

Frank has spent almost twenty years representing taxpayers’ interests in tax disputes. Having spent nearly ten years in PricewaterhouseCoopers working in tax consultancy and litigation Frank has a broad experience of all areas of VAT, Customs Duty and direct tax issues. He joined Chambers in 2010 as a result of his specific interest in the European law aspects of indirect taxes.

He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2010 and the Irish Bar in 2000.

Frank brings his practical experience and client-focused approach to multifarious indirect tax issues. The majority of his time is now spent advising multi-national clients across all areas including banking, telecoms, entertainment, sport, not-for-profit, transport, financial services and property. He is involved in litigation on both sides of the Irish Sea and is regularly un-led in cases where the sums in dispute are in excess of £10million.

He has written and lectured extensively on VAT and is a member of both the Confederation Fiscale Europeenne and the European Commission’s VAT Expert Group.

Career

Frank read law in Trinity College Dublin (94-98) before completing his Barrister-at-Law Degree in the Honourable Society of the Kings Inns, Dublin in 2000. He was admitted as an associate of the Irish Tax Institute in 2001. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2010.

Memberships

Frank is a Member of the European Commission’s VAT Expert Group. A Council Member of  the Irish Tax Institute and a member of the Confederation Fiscale Europeenne.

Education

LLB (Trinity College Dublin), AITI.