ByrneWallace makes two senior tax hires

ByrneWallace has announced the continued expansion of the firm’s Tax practice with the appointment of Tracey O’Donnell as partner and Head of Capital Advisory, and the appointment of Philip Nolan as Tax Principal and Head of Indirect Taxes.

Tracey O’Donnell has extensive experience advising individuals and their families on tax and estate planning issues, wills and succession, and trusts (both domestic and international). In particular Tracey advises owner-managed family businesses on the transfer of wealth by gift or inheritance and on appropriate trust and other structures for estate planning purposes. Tracey also has expertise advising charities and not-for-profit organisations on a range of legal and tax issues, and has extensive experience advising on stamp duty matters for domestic and international clients across a variety of industries including real estate, medical and healthcare, financial services and software and technology. Tracey is a member of the Law Society’s Probate, Administration and Trusts Committee, The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Committee, and The TALC Collections Committee. She has lectured extensively on trusts and capital taxes with the Irish Taxation Institute, STEP and the Law Society of Ireland.

Philip Nolan has over fifteen years’ experience in a Big 4 practice advising both domestic and international clients on VAT and indirect tax issues across a range of industries, including financial services, medical and healthcare, real estate, software and technology and indigenous businesses.  Philip is a member of the Indirect Taxes TALC Committee with the Irish Revenue, the Chartered Accountants Ireland VAT Committee, the Irish Tax Institute VAT Committee and the Irish Funds Industry Association VAT Working Group. He is a regular speaker and writer on VAT and Indirect Taxes issues for the Irish Tax Institute and various other bodies.

Commenting on the appointments, Head of Tax Anthony Smyth said, “We are delighted to welcome both Philip and Tracey to the ByrneWallace Tax Team.

“As the practice has continued to grow, we have experienced a strong demand for specialist advices across the full service offering we provide to clients.  Both Philip and Tracey have exceptional track records, and we believe they will be valuable additions to our growing tax practice and will further enhance the excellent service we provide to our clients.”