STAMP-DUTY

Tamar Ruiz

Matthew Mortimer and Tamar Ruiz (Mayer Brown) provide an overview of the tax treatment of derivatives, repo and stock loan transactions for UK companies.

Suzi Evans

Many fear financial services SDRT. Suzi Evans (Alpine Edge Consulting) considers how the cause of that fear may not lie within the legislation.

Sean Randall

The SDLT exemptions for alternative property finance need to be updated to give parity with conventional mortgages. Without change, SDLT will distort the market, warns Sean Randall (Blick Rothenberg).

James McCredie

James McCredie (Macfarlanes) reviews a hugely welcome new regime, but explains there are still some ‘shoot in foot’ opportunities that it is to be hoped the government and HMRC will resist.

Zoe Andrews

Mike Lane

The latest developments that matter, reviewed by Mike Lane and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May).

Elena Rowlands Ian Zeider Cathryn Vanderspar

Elena Rowlands, Cathryn Vanderspar and Ian Zeider (Travers Smith) are hopeful that the government will seize the opportunity for positive change to support the UK’s funds industry.

Zoe Andrews

Jeanette Zaman

Jeanette Zaman and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May) review recent developments affecting the City.

Jonathan Cooklin

Dominic Foulkes

With the UK’s continuing attractiveness as a holding company tax jurisdiction, Jonathan Cooklin and Dominic Foulkes (Davis Polk) consider the scope of technical UK tax issues that have a direct bearing on the drafting of merger agreements and related documents which implement these transactions.