Emily Berry
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Emily Berry (née Sharland)

Partner

Areas of expertise

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)

Landed Estates Rural Business

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Autumn Budget 2026: Rural businesses told to diversify. The Budget taxes the result

The rural sector has certainly felt the impact of legislative changes introduced over the last couple of years, most notably the changes to agricultural and business property relief (APR and BPR), which came into force earlier this year. Landowners and rural businesses could therefore be forgiven for fearing the worst from this year’s Budget announcements.

Private Market Fast Growth

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Autumn Budget 2026: Stability before growth? What the Autumn Budget 2026 means for scaling businesses

While the 2026 Budget focused on, and was framed primarily around, economic stability and fiscal devolution, growth businesses featured prominently in the Chancellor’s speech and Budget documents, with the establishment of good growth funds and a commitment to backing British business.

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