Fionnuala has been providing tax advice to corporates, multinationals, financial institutions and individuals for over 16 years. After reading Jurisprudence at Oxford University, she trained at Linklaters and gained further experience at leading City law firms and in-house at Goldman Sachs. She joined Hamlins in March 2015.
Fionnuala regularly appears in the media on tax issues. She has appeared on ITN and Russia Today.
Fionnuala has particular strength in the following:
- Corporate Tax (UK and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, takeovers, management buy-outs, de-mergers, reorganisations and IPOs (including AIM listings and de-listings))
- Real Estate Tax (tax efficient property structures, property funds and general VAT and stamp duty land tax advice)
- Finance and Banking Tax (UK and cross-border debt financings, stock lending/repos, derivatives and transport finance)
- Tax disputes and Investigations
- Taxation of damages and settlements
- Technology and New Media tax issues
- Employee benefits and executive compensation (e.g. EMI, EIS, SIPs and CSOPs)
- Employment taxation and termination of employment
- Charity tax
Recent experience:
- Advised Barclays Bank on the disposal of the pan-European Dial Group of companies for £269 million
- Advised Microsoft Corporation on the acquisition of Lionhead Studios, iView Group Ltd, Multimap and Sentillion Inc.
- Advised BBC on the taxation aspects of iPlayer
- Advised on the tax aspects of the merger of the Prince’s Trust and Fairbridge charities