Laurence Parry joins Kreston Reeves as Tax Partner

Laurence Parry has joined Kreston Reeves to help drive forward the firm’s tax service offering. He joined on 1 November 2015.

Whilst working across a broad spectrum of tax issues, Laurence specialises in areas including dispute resolution, mergers and acquisitions and planning for non UK domiciles. He is also trained with CEDR as a mediator.

Laurence comments, “ I am really excited about joining Kreston Reeves. There is a well worn but true phrase about standing on the shoulders of giants and I am looking forward to doing just this – helping to take forward this firm’s ambitions by continuing to provide the exceptional client service for which Kreston Reeves is renowned.”

Andrew Griggs, Senior Partner at Kreston Reeves, comments, “ I am delighted to welcome Laurence and his considerable experience to the firm. His extensive skill set will serve to expand the unusual breadth and depth of UK and international tax expertise already present within Kreston Reeves. I look forward to working with Laurence to continue to provide a first class, personal service for all our clients.”

The early portion of Laurence’s career was spent at Big 4 firms, initially Ernst & Young and then KPMG. In 1999 he joined PM+M in Blackburn as Tax Partner, where he remained for the next 10 years. In 2009 he took the unusual step of moving to HMRC as an Anti-Avoidance Advisor, responsible for private client and owner managed business tax issues. This involved assisting customer teams with enquiries, training teams on commercial awareness, and providing support to policy teams on Budget measures. In 2012 he was recruited as Private Client Partner by HedgeStart Partners, a boutique advisory firm for the hedge fund industry. This merged with Cordium in February 2014.