Real Estate Tax Lawyer, Elliot Weston, joins LG from Linklaters

Lawrence Graham LLP (“LG”) has hired Elliot Weston as a partner in its Corporate Tax team. Elliot will join LG from Linklaters where he is a senior lawyer and counsel responsible for developing its real estate tax practice.

Elliot joined Linklaters as a trainee in 1997. He was a managing associate from 2004-2008 and was promoted to counsel in April 2008.
Elliot specialises in advising clients on tax and structuring for real estate transactions and regularly advises funds, major UK corporations and international banks. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and The College of Law, London.

LG is expanding its tax structuring capabilities to meet demand from the real estate sector and to complement its full service real estate practice. Elliot will be working alongside Corporate Tax partners Michael Murphy and Julian Hickey under the leadership of Christopher Tite, head of Corporate.
Elliot Weston said: “Effective tax structuring can be vital to the success of real estate transactions, especially in current market conditions where deals are more complex and equity driven. I am very much looking forward to working with LG’s corporate tax team and its real estate team, both of which are well regarded and are committed to expansion in this area.”

Christopher Tite, LG’s head of Corporate, said: “We are committed to growing our real estate tax structuring team and Elliot’s appointment is a vital part of this expansion. His reputation is exceptional and we are very much looking forward to working with him alongside new and existing real estate clients.”
LG’s Corporate Tax team acts for a wide range of clients in real estate, corporate and cross-border transactions. It also provides a full range of indirect tax advice and handles disputes with HMRC and tax related litigation at all levels.
LG’s Corporate group is one of the City’s leading teams advising on IPOs, secondary capital issues, takeovers, re-organisations, M&As and other corporate transactions. It is ranked by Hemscott as the leading legal adviser to companies on the AIM market with the highest number of clients with the largest market capitalisation.