News & Insights (Tax)

Date set for individual limit to increase to £250,000 for EMI options

The increase in the individual limit for EMI options from £120,000 to £250,000 will take effect from 16 June 2012. This change ...

Taylor Wessing's Tax team shortlisted for three categories in the European Tax Awards 2012

Hot on the heels from being shortlisted in this year's LexisNexis Taxation Awards, Taylor Wessing's Tax team has also been ...

UK Government consults on “above the line” research and development

The Government announced in its Autumn Statement in November 2011 that it would consult on the introduction of an 'above the ...

Taylor Wessing's Tax team shortlisted for 'Tax Team in a Law Firm' in LexisNexis Taxation Awards 2012

Taylor Wessing's Tax team has been shortlisted for the 'Tax Team in a Law Firm' category in this year's LexisNexis Taxation ...

Budget 2012

Following this week's Budget, we have set out a summary of some of the main announcements. Corporation Tax Personal Taxes ...

Increased individual limit for EMI options

In yesterday's Budget, it was announced that the individual limit for EMI options is to be increased from £120,000 to £250,000. ...

Anti-avoidance: plant & machinery allowances

Following the summer consultation on reform of the anti-avoidance regime for plant and machinery allowances, the government ...

Taylor Wessing advises Rutland Partners on €180M Sale of Attends Healthcare

International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Rutland Partners, the specialist turnaround and restructuring investor, on the ...

Changes to the EIS and VCT Schemes

Following a consultation process held during the summer (view our previous e-briefing regarding this consultation), draft ...

Research & Development - Further Changes

The Government is proposing changes to research and development tax relief, including an increase in the total relief available ...

The Patent Box - how is it shaping up?

The draft legislation for the Patent Box was published on 6 December 2011, just under two years after its introduction was ...

Controlled Foreign Companies - Are we nearly there yet?

On 6 December 2011, the Government published draft legislation for consultation on the proposed full reform to the controlled ...

Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS)

Following close behind last week’s Autumn Statement by the Chancellor, the Government has today published draft legislation ...

International Tax Update - November 2011

Welcome to the second edition of our International Tax Update which highlights the latest tax developments in some of our key ...

Venture capital schemes consultation

Autumn Statement update Following the consultation over the summer on Venture Capital Schemes, the Chancellor announced the ...

News on the Patent Box and the R&D tax credit proposals

HM Treasury is expected to publish draft legislation on 6th December 2011, covering both the Patent Box and the R&D tax ...

Taylor Wessing advises last year's fastest growing technology company on acquisition

Taylor Wessing welcomes new tax partner

International law firm Taylor Wessing has enhanced its corporate tax capability with the recruitment of leading tax specialist, ...

Taylor Wessing launches dedicated Tech City office

Taylor Wessing advise Avaya on acquisition of Aurix Limited

Taylor Wessing responds to new VC tax relief proposals

On 6 July this year the Government published the "Tax-Advantaged Venture Capital Schemes" consultation. The ...

Taylor Wessing advises Tech Data on acquisition of distribution business of Man and Machine

Tech Data entered into an agreement to acquire the Value Added Distribution business of Man and Machine in Germany, UK, France, ...

Taylor Wessing advises on £160m acquisition of the St Katharine Docks Estate

Taylor Wessing has advised Max Property Group in joint venture with Newmarket Property Holdings (a private family trust) on their ...

International Tax Update - July 2011

Welcome to the first edition of International Tax Update. International Tax Update illustrates our international focus and our ...

The EIS and VCT consultation - Sowing the seeds for growth?

In its 2011 Budget, the Government announced a substantial increase in the tax relief available under the Enterprise Investment ...

The CFC consultation - The latest step on the road to reform

After some four years since the process for the reform of the controlled foreign company ("CFC") rules commenced, the ...

HM Treasury consults further on the Patent Box and R&D tax credits

The anticipated consultation on the Patent Box was finally published by HM Treasury on 10 June 2011 together with a linked ...

Taylor Wessing advises investment group A&NN on £53 million acquisition of Waterstone’s Group

International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised A&NN Group, an investment subsidiary of the family trust associated with ...

Journal of International Tax, Trust and Corporate Planning - UK Corporate Tax Reform

Corporate Tax partner Nikol Davies has produced an article for the Journal of International Tax, Trust and Corporate Planning ...

Taylor Wessing advises on creation of global leader in innovative drug discovery

Taylor Wessing is advising SuperGen, Inc., a NASDAQ listed pharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of ...

Taylor Wessing advises on £36 million sale of prime West End office space

Taylor Wessing has acted for a private investor on the sale of 1-2 Welbeck Street to the Scottish Widows Investment Partnership ...

A greener Budget?

On Wednesday 23 March the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, delivered the Coalition Government's first full Budget. In ...

Trusts Law Update - March 2011

"Can we have our tax back?" "No" says English Court of Appeal The English Court of Appeal (CA) issued a ...

Taylor Wessing advises Max Property Group on the sale and leaseback of a pub portfolio with Enterprise Inns

International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised MPG Pubs Limited Partnership, a wholly owned property vehicle of Max Property ...

Taylor Wessing advises Google on acquisition of Phonetic Arts

Corporate Tax Reform - Controlled Foreign Company Rules

The long anticipated document entitled "Corporate Tax Reform" was published by the Government on 29 November 2010. The ...

China Alerter October 2010

Current Developments in International Taxation – Opportunities and Risks for Small and Medium-Sized Companies Investing in ...

Taylor Wessing's Islamic Finance team commended in FT Innovative Lawyers report

Taylor Wessing's Islamic Finance team has been commended in the Financial Services section of the 2010 FT Innovative Lawyers ...

MPF award for Taylor Wessing's commitment to sustainability

Taylor Wessing is celebrating after winning the Sustainability Reporting category at the prestigious MPF European Practice ...

Taylor Wessing advises Prime Commercial Properties on the sale of the Billstedt-Center

International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Prime Commercial Properties (PCP) on the recent sale of the Billstedt-Center in ...

Taylor Wessing advises innovative tech company, PrismaStar, on £2 million funding round

Leading international law firm Taylor Wessing has advised software as service business, PrismaStar, on its latest fundraising. ...

Taylor Wessing lawyers recognised in Private Client Practitioner's Top 35 Under 35

Taylor Wessing's private client group are proud to announce that Partner Ryan Myint and Associate Catherine Donovan have been ...

Taylor Wessing advises Rutland Partners on acquisition of Brandon Hire

Taylor Wessing LLP has acted for long standing private equity client, Rutland Partners LLP, on its acquisition of leading tool ...

Taylor Wessing advises Portrait Software on £44 million takeover

Taylor Wessing has advised the board of AIM listed Portrait Software plc on the recommended cash offer by Pitney Bowes MapInfo UK ...

Property industry says Government's zero carbon building targets are unattainable

The biggest ever survey of the UK development Industry, released today, shows that approximately three-quarters of the industry – ...

European Commission to remove tax obstacles to cross-border venture capital

The European Commission has been looking at ways to facilitate cross border venture capital ("VC") investment within ...

Taylor Wessing advises data security specialist Secerno

Taylor Wessing has advised Secerno, a leading provider of data security and control technology, on the sale of its Heterogeneous ...

Taylor Wessing advises Google on acquisition of Plink

Taylor Wessing advises MAG Instrument, Inc. in the acquisition of the German machine builder EUBAMA

Taylor Wessing advises on new financing to enhance novel stent technology

The venture capital and life sciences groups at industry leading law firm, Taylor Wessing LLP, have advised new client, Seroba ...

Inward Migration

With all the press surrounding the steady flow of UK headed groups out of the UK over the past few years (including WPP and ...

£65m funding raised by leading pharma company Archimedes

A team of private equity, employment and tax lawyers from Taylor Wessing has advised the management of the speciality pharma ...

Taylor Wessing advises esure insurance on its buyout from Lloyds

Taylor Wessing LLP has advised leading online motor insurance provider esure on its management buyout from Lloyds Banking Group, ...

CFC Proposed Reforms - impact on IP Rich Groups

On 26 January 2010, the Government published a Discussion Document outlining its current thinking on the reform of the United ...

Budget 2010: Update - Pre-Budget Report

On 9 December, Alistair Darling set out the Government's financial plans for next year's budget in his Pre-Budget Report ...

Taylor Wessing advises Brawn GP

For more information or to speak to Russell Van Praagh, please contact Helen Needham at Taylor ...

Tax and Incentives e-update - November 2009

Laerstate - Revising Corporate Residence

The UK-Liechtenstein Tax Deal

It is now widely known that, on 11 August 2009, a ground-breaking deal was signed between the Government of the Principality of ...

Taylor Wessing leads £232 million real estate acquisition for Max Property Group

Taylor Wessing's Private Client Group's young stars recognised in Private Client Practitioner's Top 35 under 35

Congratulations to partner Andrew Goodman and senior associates Ryan Myint and Nyree Craig from the Private Client, Tax and ...

Taylor Wessing triumphs at The Lawyer Awards

Taylor Wessing is celebrating after being named Private Client Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards.  The contribution made ...

Taylor Wessing gives Chapman Freeborn deal wings

European law firm Taylor Wessing LLP has acted for entrepreneurs Chris Chapman and Carol Norman on the sale of a substantial ...

Taylor Wessing’s Sustainability Report wins two awards at The Property Marketing Awards 2009

Taylor Wessing’s Sustainability Report, Behind the Green Façade has led to the firm’s research consultancy, Spada, winning two ...

Hundreds rush to restructuring seminars

Taylor Wessing puts Brawn GP F1 on the grid

For more information or to speak to Russell Van Praagh, please contact Helen Needham at Taylor ...

Taylor Wessing advises Telephonetics on its acquisition of Eden Origin Limited

European law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Telephonetics, the UK's leading provider of voice automation solutions, on its ...

Taylor Wessing advises Esterline Technologies Corporation on the £115 million acquisition of Racal Acoustics

Taylor Wessing LLP's Technology and Inward Investment Group has acted for Esterline Technologies Corporation, a US$1.5 billion ...

Taylor Wessing advises Wyndeham Press Group on its return to British ownership

Taylor Wessing has recently advised on the sale of printing company, Wyndeham Press to Walstead Investments.Wyndeham Press prints ...

Taylor Wessing advises the management of Lindorff Group AB on EUR 1.12 billion secondary buy-out

Taylor Wessing has advised a multinational management team on the EUR 1.12 billion secondary buy-out of Lindorff Group AB, a ...

Taylor Wessing advises NovaThera on £30m merger with MedCell

Taylor Wessing LLP has advised NovaThera on their merger with MedCell, to create a new UK company specialising in musculoskeletal ...

"All change please!" - Sweeping new UK legislation on unfair commercial practices comes into force on 26 May 2008

Criminal liability for unfair business-to-consumer ('B2C') commercial practices and misleading business-to-busines ('B2B') ...

Taylor Wessing acts on £120 million transaction between Hyperion Insurance Group Limited and 3i Group Plc

Taylor Wessing act for Bank of Montreal on $12.7 billion of SIV liquidity facilities

Taylor Wessing LLP acted for Bank of Montreal, London branch, as liquidity bank in relation to committed facilities for $12.7 ...

Taylor Wessing's tax team wins new partner for Düsseldorf practice

Dr. Bert Kimpel (34) joined the tax team of Taylor Wessing in Düsseldorf this month. Dr. Kimpel was previously Senior Manager in ...

Taylor Wessing advises JMH Lifestyle Ltd on acquisition of luxury tailoring business

Taylor Wessing LLP has advised JMH Lifestyle Limited on the acquisition of KFS Group Limited and its subsidiaries for an ...

Taylor Wessing advises JMH Lifestyle Ltd on acquisition of luxury tailoring business

Taylor Wessing advises Ambition Group on the acquisition of Witan Jardine

A team from Taylor Wessing's Inward Investment and Financial Markets group has advised Sydney-based Ambition Group Limited ...

Taylor Wessing advises Nomad on its $58m sale to Metavante

Taylor Wessing has advised London-based Nomad Payments Ltd, the leading provider of prepaid and debit card processing and ...

New Partner for Taylor Wessing's Private Client and Tax Practice Group

Taylor Wessing LLP in London is delighted to announce the appointment of Steven Kempster, who joins the firm as a Partner within ...

Taylor Wessing advises in sale of mental images GmbH to NVIDIA Corporation

Taylor Wessing advises Multimap on sale to Microsoft Corporation

Taylor Wessing in London has acted for the shareholders of Multimap on the sale of the company to Microsoft Corporation for an ...

Taylor Wessing advises Multimap on sale to Microsoft Corporation

Taylor Wessing advises Brentford Football Club on new stadium development

Taylor Wessing has acted for Brentford Football Club on what is only the third major football stadium development in London in ...

Taylor Wessing advises Brentford Football Club on new stadium development

Taylor Wessing advises iimia on £18.6m acquisition of MitonOptimal Group Limited

Taylor Wessing's Financial Institutions and Markets Group has acted for iimia Investment Group Plc on the acquisition of the ...

The Companies Act 2006 - Headline changes

On 1 October 2007, the new Companies Act 2006 comes into force. How do these changes affect your company? Find a brief overview ...

The Companies Act 2006 - Guide to October 2007 changes

On 1 October 2007, the new Companies Act 2006 comes into force. How do these changes affect your company?

The Companies Act 2006 - Guide to April 2008 changes

On 1 October 2007, the new Companies Act 2006 comes into force. How do these changes affect your company? April 2008 changes.

The Companies Act 2006 - Directors' Duties

On 1 October 2007, the new Companies Act 2006 comes into force. How do these changes affect your company's Directors' ...

Taylor Wessing advises on MBO of Bestinvest by 3i

Taylor Wessing has advised the management of Bestinvest, the independent investment managers and financial adviser, on its MBO by ...

Taylor Wessing advises AVIDA Group in acquisition of Berlin Capital Fund

Taylor Wessing advises on groundbreaking Shariah-compliant refinancing in excess of £100m

Taylor Wessing advises Exemplar Properties in a joint venture with Morgan Stanley Real Estate

Taylor Wessing advised Exemplar Properties Holdings LLP ("Exemplar") on a joint venture with Morgan Stanley Real Estate ...

Taylor Wessing has advised the Acuma Group's management team in relation to the sale of Acuma, a private equity backed company, to Saksoft of India

Taylor Wessing has advised the Acuma Group's management team in relation to the sale of Acuma, a private equity backed company, ...

Taylor Wessing advises on $23m sale of Sibelius to Avid

Taylor Wessing advises on $23m sale of Sibelius to Avid

Taylor Wessing advises on management buy out of Gaucho Grill restaurants in £55m deal

Taylor Wessing advises on management buy out of Gaucho Grill restaurants in £55m deal

Taylor Wessing advises on management buy out of Gaucho Grill restaurants in £55m deal

Taylor Wessing advises Avery Weigh-Tronix on €123m sale to European Capital

Taylor Wessing completes trio of deals for real estate joint venture

Taylor Wessing advises Chiesi Faramaceutici SpA on disposal of its rights over shares

Taylor Wessing advises Chiesi Faramaceutici SpA on disposal of its rights over shares

Taylor Wessing Assists Principal’s Expansion

Taylor Wessing advises Patron Capital Partners on deals of over £300m

Taylor Wessing advises N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd on a circa £60m real estate financing deal

RO Group become Leaders in the Residential and Management Agency Market

RO Group become Leaders in the Residential and Management Agency Market

Taylor Wessing advises Helphire Group plc on its £25m acquisition of Swift Rentacar Ltd and on its £40m fundraising

Taylor Wessing advises Helphire Group plc on its £25m acquisition of Swift Rentacar Ltd and on its £40m fundraising

Taylor Wessing advises on innovative £143 million Islamic property finance deal on landmark building

Avebury Holdings Limited gives pub group extra Punch

Avebury Holdings Limited gives pub group extra Punch

Lovells and Taylor Wessing advise on Magenta-Transaction

Taylor Wessing advises Xention Discovery Ltd on its £11m venture capital funding

Taylor Wessing advises Xention Discovery Ltd on its £11m venture capital funding

Taylor Wessing advises Inca Digital Printers Limited on its acquisition by one of the world's largest manufacturers and suppliers in the printing industry

Taylor Wessing advises Inca Digital Printers Limited on its acquisition by one of the world's largest manufacturers and suppliers in the printing industry

Taylor Wessing advises Spain's largest cosmetic surgery group on Ultralase Limited acquisition

Taylor Wessing advises Spain's largest cosmetic surgery group on Ultralase Limited acquisition

Taylor Wessing's Inward Investment Group advises on M&A double act

Taylor Wessing advises Harmonic Inc. on its £4m acquisition of UK-based Broadcast Technology Limited

Taylor Wessing's Cambridge office advises on a £20m double act of financing rounds

Taylor Wessing advises on management buy out of Gaucho Grill restaurants in £20.5 million deal

Taylor Wessing advise on the sale of DNA Research Innovations Ltd for up to $65 million to Invitrogen Corporation

Taylor Wessing advises Trigenix on its $36 million sale to Qualcomm Incorporated

Taylor Wessing advised on the sale of Designer Servers Ltd to Business Serve Plc

Taylor Wessing advise Alliance & Leicester on £83.5m merchant acquisition deal