Karl Mah is new tax partner at Latham & Watkins (London office)

Latham & Watkins have promoted Karl Mah to the partnership with effect from 1 January.

His practice focuses on the corporate tax aspects of complex domestic and cross-border transactions and restructurings, where he acts for financial institutions, private equity sponsors and major corporations. He received a first class honors degree from Cambridge University in 2001, and graduated with distinction from the BPP Law School in London in 2003. In 2008 he was awarded the prestigious Institute Medal by the Chartered Institute of Taxation for achieving the highest score in the Institute’s examinations, which are considered to be the ‘gold standard’ among tax professionals in the United Kingdom.