Hamilton Forrest returns to Fladgate after 3 years at Rosenblatt Solicitors
Hamilton Forrest has decided to return to Fladgate as a Tax Partner, having spent 3 years and 7 months with Rosenblatt.
Hamilton started his career with PwC, and then moved to CMS Cameron McKenna, where he spent the next 10 years. in 2008 he joined Fladgate and was made a partner, only to leave 2 years later.
Hamilton advises on all aspects of UK and international commercial tax matters, including both tax planning and transactional/structuring advice.
He concentrates on real estate taxation, investment structuring (including fund formation) corporate work (M&A, private equity, joint ventures etc) both in the UK and overseas, employee tax, global mobility and incentive schemes.
Hamilton has written the chapter relating to the UK transfer pricing rules in Prix de Transfert and authored (in part) the tax chapter of the PLC tax manual on management buyouts.
Experience:
- Providing VAT, SDLT and Construction Industry Scheme advice in relation to property acquisitions and disposals and property development for entities such as Taylor Wimpey, Berkeley Homes, Pegasus Retirement Homes plc, Department of Transport, Prudential and Virgin.
- Advising BP on the sale of the entire issued share capital of BP Nederland Energie B.V.
- Advising Syral SA on its acquisition of Tate & Lyle companies in the UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Belgian, Luxembourg and Bosnia Herzegovina.
- Advising Advent International on its acquisition of a 65% stake in Bulgarian Telecoms Company AD from the Government of Bulgaria.
- Advising BP Trinidad and Tobago LLC on the sale of interests (including exploration licences and platforms) in shallow horizons offshore Trinidad.
- Advising the buyer on the acquisition of the Health Lottery.
- Advising the seller on the sale of Channel 5 to Viacom.
- Advising the seller on the sale of the US edition of the OK! Magazine.
- Advising companies, NOMADs and an investment bank in connection with IPOs and secondary issues.
- Acting for a bank being investigated by the Special Compliance Office.
- Advising Channel 5 on its “Celebrity Big Brother” contractual arrangements.
- Handling a Revenue enquiry into a major US broadcaster’s dual employment contract arrangements for one of its journalists.
- Advising C-suite executives taking up overseas roles on the application of the Statutory Residence Test and the tax position relating to stock option grants and share awards.
- Advising listed and private companies on the establishment of share incentive arrangements.
- Advising Aberdeen Asset Management in connection with a multi-million pound settlement agreement.