Tax law

Tax law solicitors

We advise individuals and businesses on a wide range of tax issues.  Our expertise includes inheritance tax and succession planning, income tax, capital gains tax, stamp duty land tax, annual tax on enveloped dwellings, corporation tax and value added tax.

We provide both personal tax law advice as well as corporate tax, in order to complement wider corporate transactions.  For business tax we mainly advise on corporation tax, efficient corporate tax structures and tax related legal problems such as investigations, disputes or tax related insolvency proceedings. and value added tax.  For personal tax, our expertise includes inheritance tax and succession planning, income tax, capital gains tax, stamp duty land tax and annual tax on enveloped dwellings.

Common situations where we provide tax advice and services

Our lawyers in the United States, Paris and London work closely with our other leading practice areas—including M&ACapital Markets and Financial Services—to advise on tax matters arising in some of the highest-profile transactions. We develop trusted partnerships with our clients, provide ongoing advice and follow-up post-closing as needed.

The Group seeks to manage and resolve tax disputes for its clients without resorting to costly and time-consuming litigation. S&C believes that it is far better to approach tax controversies with a view toward resolving the matters at the earliest possible stage of the process and at the lowest possible cost to the client, both in terms of any payment to the Internal Revenue Service and the expense of achieving such results. The ultimate goal is to eliminate entirely any proposed adjustment, a result the Firm has often achieved for its clients.

Clients benefit from a team of knowledgeable tax lawyers and accomplished litigators working in close cooperation—the best of both skill sets and the most effective response to increasingly sophisticated and confrontational IRS challenges

  • The Tax Group consists of lawyers who have extensive knowledge of the tax law as well as the workings of the IRS, including a former chief counsel for the agency.

The Group seeks to manage and resolve tax disputes for its clients without resorting to costly and time-consuming litigation. S&C believes that it is far better to approach tax controversies with a view toward resolving the matters at the earliest possible stage of the process and at the lowest possible cost to the client, both in terms of any payment to the Internal Revenue Service and the expense of achieving such results. The ultimate goal is to eliminate entirely any proposed adjustment, a result the Firm has often achieved for its clients.

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