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Julian Balson

Partner · Ernst & Young LLP

EnglandTax Litigation, Dispute Resolution

About

Partner at Ernst & Young LLP in England; joined EY’s Tax Litigation and Dispute Resolution team in January 2020 and was made Partner in 2022. He qualified as a solicitor in 2009 and has 15 years of tax litigation and investigations experience, with particular involvement in VAT ('missing trader') and customs and excise duty fraud, corporate investigations and alcohol duty diversion matters; previously a partner and co‑founder of the tax disputes and investigations practice at Bird & Bird and a senior solicitor at PwC Legal and Pinsent Masons.

Practice areas

Tax LitigationDispute ResolutionInvestigationsCustoms & ExciseCorporate & Commercial

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Expertise

VAT (Missing Trader) FraudCustoms & Excise Duty FraudAlcohol Duty DiversionCarbon Credit Fraud InvestigationsCorporate InvestigationsTax Disputes & Investigations

Admissions

  • Qualified as a solicitor (2009)