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Chambers and Partners UK 2026

Tax: "Graham is an excellent tax adviser. He is responsive and combines deep technical area expertise with strong commercial awareness." "Graham was very knowledge and responsive, and he helped us out of a tricky situation. I would absolutely use him again if needed." "Graham is very well-versed in UK tax law, and he recognises how to manage the nuances of the tax world."

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Graham is Head of our Tax and Incentives team in the UK.  He is an international tax specialist who advises domestic and multinational clients on a wide range of transactional and advisory tax matters. Graham regularly works with FTSE 100 and Future Global 100 companies.

He guides clients through stock and asset/business acquisitions and disposals, crossborder tax structuring, UK inbound and outbound investment, joint ventures and reorganisations.

He also advises on tax issues relating to the development, ownership and exploitation of intellectual property rights, with a particular focus on the life science and technology sectors.

Expertise

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Tax
Environmental, social & governance (ESG)
Corporate tax/M&A tax structuring/Taxation on transactions
Media & IP taxation
Banking & finance taxation
Tax disputes
Tax, tax risk and tax planning
Venture capital taxation

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Technology, media & communications
Consumer & retail
Life sciences & healthcare
Manufacturing & industrials
Fintech
Cryptoassets, blockchain and distributed ledger technology
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CV

Since 2017 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2014 - 2017 Director, EY
2007 - 2014 Senior Associate, Latham & Watkins
2005 - 2007 Associate, Hogan Lovells
2001 Master's Degree, Jurisprudence II, University of Oxford, UK
2000 French Law, Université Panthéon Assas, Paris II, France

Career

Since 2017 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2014 - 2017 Director, EY
2007 - 2014 Senior Associate, Latham & Watkins
2005 - 2007 Associate, Hogan Lovells

Education

2001 Master's Degree, Jurisprudence II, University of Oxford, UK
2000 French Law, Université Panthéon Assas, Paris II, France

Additional languages

English French

Awards

Chambers and Partners UK 2026

Featured

Tax: "Graham is an excellent tax adviser. He is responsive and combines deep technical area expertise with strong commercial awareness." "Graham was very knowledge and responsive, and he helped us out of a tricky situation. I would absolutely use him again if needed." "Graham is very well-versed in UK tax law, and he recognises how to manage the nuances of the tax world."

ITR World Tax

Highly regarded for transactional tax

Legal 500 UK 2023

Corporate tax - Ranked: ‘Graham Samuel-Gibbon: Considerable experience and expertise in the international and UK tax elements of complex IP structuring. Ability to distil complicated tax rules in a user-friendly manner. Responsiveness and availability.’

Experience

Advising Chambers in £400 million sale to Abry Partners

We have advised the management team of Chambers and Partners on the sale of Inflexion's investment in the firm to Abry Partners, a leading middle market private equity firm headquartered in North America.

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EQT on £1bn residential real estate joint venture.

Advised global investor EQT on a £1bn residential real estate joint venture, set to bring 3000 new rental homes to Greater London. The billion-sterling investment portfolio is being launched with residential property developer Sigma Capital. It is the first UK investment for EQT Real Estate, a division of global investor EQT Partners.

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Glenmark Pharma on the sale of its portfolio of CNS products in Poland to Neuraxpharm

Advised Glenmark Pharma on its divestment of its CNS business in Poland including its portfolio of generics and branded generics products and the transfer of its commercial team in Poland to private equity backed Neuraxpharm, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of CNS disorders.

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Babylon Health continues to invest in digital healthcare with largest European and US fundraising

Babylon Health, a UK-based digital health subscription provider, on its USD550m fundraising to support expansion into the US and Asia. This is the largest ever fundraising in the European or US digital health sector and values Babylon at over USD2bn. Investors included PIF, ERGO Fund, Kinnevik and Vostok New Ventures.

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Secret Escapes on the acquisition of TravelBird and Pigsback.com

Secret Escapes on the acquisition of Dutch based TravelBird, the online luxury and experience company, and Pigsback.com, the market leading marketplace in Ireland for online hospitality offers.

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World's longest standing cryptocurrency exchange, Bitstamp, sells 80% stake to NXMH

We advised on the 80% sale of Bitstamp to Brussels-based investment firm, NXMH. Founded in the UK in 2011, Bitstamp is the world's longest standing cryptocurrency exchange and the EU's largest by volume, with more than three million registered customers.

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