James Ross is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP, based in its London office. His practice focuses on a broad range of international and domestic corporate/commercial tax issues, including corporate restructuring, transfer pricing and thin capitalisation, double tax treaty issues, corporate and structured finance projects, mergers and acquisitions and management buyouts.
He has particular experience in advising US groups in the structuring of UK and European inbound investments and providing advice on technical issues in the context of revenue investigations and statutory audits.
His experience also includes advising on employment tax issues, the taxation of the trading of energy and energy derivatives and tax aspects of private equity transactions. He has advised on the negotiation of the Tax Provisions of numerous M&A transactions.
Prior to joining the firm, James was an associate at Bird & Bird where he undertook his training and qualified as a solicitor.
James is a member of the Editorial Board of the BNA Tax Treaties Analysis service.
Representative Experience
- Advising US based multinationals on restructuring their British and European groups
- Advising multinational groups on structuring for optimising the management and holding of intellectual property
- Advising UK inbound investors on thin capitalisation, treaty relief and arbitrage issues and negotiating the capitalisation agreements with HM Revenue and Customs
- Advising on a number of international corporate restructurings, disposals and acquisitions
- Advising on investment management structures for funds
- Advising energy trades on a tax-efficient trading structures and the negotiation of energy trading agreements
Education
- Jesus College, Oxford
- College of Law, London
