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Tax advice for fast-growth businesses, with a particular focus on the tech and fintech space.
Emily specialises in providing tailored advice to businesses and their founders, helping them with all their tax and accounting needs; devising and implementing strategies that effectively manage tax opportunity, risk and compliance.
Experience
Emily joined Evelyn Partners in 2013, when it was Smith & Williamson, on our graduate programme. Her background was in our Financial Services tax team but over the past few years Emily has specialised in assisting scale-up and fast-growth businesses, particularly in the tech and fintech space, with all their tax needs.
Emily co-launched the firm’s Fintech team in 2020 and helps lead our partnership with Innovate Finance, the industry body for Fintech. She does a large amount of work in the broader fintech space and was listed on the Women in Fintech Powerlist 2022.
Emily has advised clients on a wide range of tax issues, including corporate transactions and restructuring, international issues and financial service specific regulations. She also fully overseas the tax and accounting services for a large range of clients from large listed companies to smaller owner managed businesses. She works collaboratively with a number of other teams within the firm to give clients, both the business and their founders, holistic advice.
Professional qualifications/memberships
Emily is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
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Turning innovation spend into cash today and value tomorrow
For innovation‑led businesses, R&D tax relief is a valuable resource of finance that can fund growth, help cash reserves go further and support ongoing investment. But focusing only on the tax claim risks missing a bigger opportunity to ensure your financial statements properly reflect value being created.
