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Ashley Greenbank

Ashley advises on the full range of corporate tax issues, but particular specialisations include the corporate tax aspects of UK and cross-border corporate finance and M&A transactions, group tax planning and dispute resolution. Ashley also advises companies on group structuring and strategic tax planning (including corporate residence, permanent establishment, transfer pricing and CFC issues) and assists our private client group on corporate tax aspects of structuring issues for substantial privately held groups. Ashley also has broad experience in handling disputes with tax authorities. He is a Deputy High Court Judge, a Deputy Judge in the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery) and a CEDR accredited mediator. Ashley is a former chair of the Tax Law Committee of the Law Society and a member of its Corporation Tax Sub-Committee. In that capacity he is active in making representations to and in consultations with Government and tax authorities on changes to existing legislation and new policy proposals. He is also a member of the committee of the British Branch of the International Fiscal Association and the organising committee for the IFA Congress in London in 2019. · Macfarlanes LLP

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About

Ashley Greenbank is a partner at Macfarlanes LLP who advises on the full range of corporate tax matters, with particular specialisms in the corporate tax aspects of UK and cross-border corporate finance and M&A, group tax planning, group structuring and strategic tax planning (including corporate residence, permanent establishment, transfer pricing and CFC issues), and disputes with tax authorities. He is a Deputy High Court Judge, a Deputy Judge in the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery), a CEDR-accredited mediator, trained at Freshfields, qualified in 1988 and became a partner at Macfarlanes in 1997.

Practice areas

TaxInternational TaxCorporate / M&ABanking & FinancePrivate ClientDispute Resolution

Office

Expertise

Corporate tax aspects of corporate finance and M&AGroup tax planning and group structuringCorporate residence and permanent establishment issuesTransfer pricingControlled foreign company (CFC) issuesTax dispute resolution and litigationAdvice to privately held groupsPublic policy and legislative consultation on tax matters

Admissions

  • Qualified 1988
  • CEDR accredited mediator