
Dr Philippa Jane
Senior Tax Solicitor
Last updated on November 18th, 2020 at 11:20 am
Philippa trained in corporate and property taxation at international City firm Richards Butler (which subsequently became Reed Smith). Philippa later joined Field Seymour Parkes in Reading where she set up a tax practice. After 15 years spent working within firms, Philippa then established her own private tax practice consulting for firms like Jonathan Lea
Practice areas
- Business reorganisations and reconstructions (including demergers)
- Joint venture structuring
- Cross border taxation and repatriation of assets to the UK
- Property taxation
- Entrepreneurs’ Relief
- Investment tax reliefs (EIS and VCT)
- Employee share and option incentive arrangements
- Stamp duties and SDLT
Interestes
- In addition to her work as a consulting tax solicitor, Philippa is involved with a number of other business ventures, including the production and distribution of a range of chilli condiments and liqueurs under the brand of Arson Fire. In her spare time Philippa enjoys DIY and beach combing.
Education
- University of Exeter, LLb (Law) and Phd (Legal Philosophy)
- DeMonteforth University, Legal Practice Course
Recent work
Over the last year Philippa has advised:
- a UK property rental company based offshore on repatriation of the business to the UK;
- multiple companies, across different sectors on the operation and availability of the Enterprise Investment Scheme;
- extensively on tax efficient incentive packages for employees and directors (in particular the use of growth share schemes and Enterprise Management Incentive share option plans);
- numerous companies on how to tax effectively demerge (split) the business;
- property rental business owners (both companies and individuals) on the tax efficient structuring of their businesses;
- property developers on how to tax effectively structure their projects (including approaches to joint venture arrangements);
- advising on stamp duty land tax rates and reliefs; and
- on numerous share sales and acquisitions on the use of tax indemnities and warranties.
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Email: philippa@jonathanlea.net