KPMG London hires new real estate tax director from EY

KPMG has announced the appointment of Peter Beckett as a tax director in its growing real estate practice.

Peter has extensive experience in the area of real estate tax and is a market recognised leader on UK-REITs. He joins from Ernst & Young where he led the real estate tax technical specialism for the London real estate practice and advised a number of UK-REITs, other listed property companies, real estate portfolio companies and several real estate funds.

Richard White, KPMG’s UK head of real estate comments:

“Turnover in the European property investment market is expected to grow by up to 15% this year, bringing with it an increased demand for real estate tax advice. KPMG already has an excellent reputation in the market for advising on real estate transactions and we are delighted that Peter is joining the team to help grow our real estate tax practice.”