Corporate Tax Lawyer

Corporate Tax Lawyer - 1-2 years PQE

Location: Birmingham

Contract Type: Permanent 

The Brief

We are currently looking to recruit a Corporate Tax Lawyer between 1-2 years of experience in our Corporate Tax team at our Birmingham office.

You would be working closely with Jamie Robson, Corporate Tax Partner based in Birmingham and joining a team that will give you the opportunity to work on significant tax mandates across the country and cross border. 

This is an excellent opportunity to work on a wide variety of corporate tax matters from both a transactional and advisory point of view, including advice across the spectrum of corporation tax, property tax, employment tax, funds and financing tax and cross-border tax matters. 

Our corporate tax team is spread across our UK and international offices. Whilst located in Birmingham you would be part of a wider team which work cross office and you can expect to interact with other members of the team at all levels of experience on a daily basis.

About the Team

We have a market leading tax practice offering City quality work inside and outside of London.  We regularly work for listed companies, foreign owned companies, public sector bodies, institutional investors and banks.

This is a core area of our practice providing tax advice on corporate, property and commercial structures and transactions for both our own clients and those of the firm's corporate, property and projects groups.  The work includes restructuring and demergers, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, funding transactions and private equity/fund investments. 

You would be joining a team that will give you the opportunity to work on significant transactions across the country and internationally. 

The tax team won Best Specialist Team for our energy sector practice at Tolley's Taxation Awards 2024, showing that the value of this expertise is recognised by a panel of our peers.

Key clients and work

Our key clients include multinational companies operating across sectors but in particular operating within the energy and natural resources sector and being involved in the energy transition. 

Our key work has recently involved:

• Advising a number of such clients on their joint venture arrangements in connection with renewables projects; 
• Advising major multinational entities on their acquisition and disposal of North Sea oil & gas assets;
• Advising a significant Dutch pension scheme client on various international fund investments;
• Providing corporation tax advice in relation to the application of the UK transfer pricing regime on cross-border transactions; and
• Ongoing advice in respect of the application of Stamp Duty Land Tax on property transactions, including the application of s.75A Finance Act 2003. 

About the Person

We are looking to appoint a qualified lawyer with 1-2 years PQE to join our Corporate Tax team. 

The ideal candidate will have experience in corporate tax transactional matters (in particular M&A) but this is not essential. 

Required experience and attributes include:

• experience of tax work gained during their training contract, ideally with a City firm or large regional practice;
• a proven team player, able to forge strong working relationships with colleagues in an agile environment;
• excellent academics, technically accomplished, with sound commercial judgment;
• the interpersonal skills necessary for developing and managing on-going relationships with an existing client base as well as helping to win and grow new opportunities; and
• able to work both as part of a team on large transactions as well as handling your own matters with support from colleagues.

Candidates whose career aspirations/main focus is on tax litigation, share plans, or private client advisory work would not be suitable for this role.

About the Firm:

Pinsent Masons is a global 100 law firm, with over 3,400 employees operating out of 27 locations across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East.  We have a long-standing reputation for delivering high-quality legal advice rooted in a deep understanding of the sectors and geographies in which our clients operate. Our global reach ensures that we are well-placed to advise on complex multi-jurisdictional matters across a full range of legal disciplines. 

The firm has significant multinational credentials in the energy and natural resources, financial services, infrastructure and real estate, professional and public services, retail, sport and hospitality and technology, science and innovation sectors. Services provided across these sectors include asset management and investment funds, corporate and M&A, commercial, competition, litigation and arbitration, banking, restructuring, insurance, regulatory, construction, projects, pensions, property, planning and environmental, procurement, outsourcing, employment, share plans and incentives, technology and tax advice.

We champion change and promote progress to make business work better for people. Pinsent Masons has embedded a range of diversity and inclusion initiatives to create an environment in which its people can flourish. 

We stand out for our innovative approach to service delivery. For example, the firm has developed a number of in-house legal technology and project management solutions, operates a hub of freelance lawyers, called Vario, and a global Diversity and Inclusion consultancy, Brook Graham. Put simply, we offer a range of professional disciplines to our clients, enabled by our people, process and technology.

What will we offer you? 

• The chance to join a market leading, dynamic and growing team, with a strong Birmingham presence and part of a global business, with a very well-recognised brand
• The chance to play a role on a wide variety of complex and intellectually challenging transactions for major clients that will enable you to develop your legal and practical skills and experience and take your career to the next level
• The investment we make in you through our first-class training and career development programme – we will help you to develop as an all-round lawyer, with exposure to valuable sector-focused experience and the opportunity to deliver "best in class" services.
• The opportunity to take responsibility for your matters and grow a strong network of client and colleague relationships, both within the Midlands and via our UK and international network
• Competitive salary and benefits package including a generous bonus scheme

At Pinsent Masons we value diversity and inclusion. We are committed to creating a better workplace where all our talent can succeed and feel like they belong. We want to attract, retain and develop people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/ long term condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristics protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents. If you require any additional support or adjustments to help you do this, please let us know.

Should you require further details, please contact our Recruitment Advisor, Anwen Wallington, who can discuss the role and requirements. Please note that we only accept applications that are submitted via the Pinsent Masons careers website.

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