I am a tax lawyer who advises on all aspects of employee remuneration. This includes not only the tax and social security treatment of incentives but also designing and implementing appropriate tax efficient reward packages to motivate employees.

I regularly speak at conferences on topics such as employee benefit trusts, deferral plans and share incentives (including the impact of age discrimination legislation on share incentives).

With a former colleague from Deloitte, I annually up-date the Employee Trusts and Termination Payments chapters in Tolley’s Tax Planning.  

Advising on termination payments made by a listed company as part of large scale redundancy programme including dealing with HMRC challenges on the tax treatment of payments in lieu of notice.

Implementing a bonus deferral scheme for a listed company using a family benefit trust arrangement and advising on the associated tax position for the company, employees and trustees.

Helping a company following an HMRC PAYE audit in which HMRC claimed that its contractors were employees rather than self-employed.

Implementing a share plan for a smaller technology company designed to ensure that growth in value was subject to the lower capital gains tax rates rather than income tax and NIC.

Advising on the tax and social security position for both the employer and employee on a proposed secondment to the USA.

I advise a wide range of clients from listed companies to smaller private companies across all industry sectors.

LLB - Birmingham University.

I spent over 10 years working for “Big 4” accounting firms specialising in employment incentives work before joining Lewis Silkin.

Come on I am a tax specialist of course I am not human!  Except for my shopping habit, my passion for foreign travel and my love of gardening and interior design, that is.