
- Income tax for UK and international individuals
- Capital gains tax including taxation of carried interest
- Inheritance tax planning and estate structuring
- Complex personal tax compliance
Experience
Martin supports UK and international family business owners, executives/senior employees and sportspeople with the growth, preservation and passing on of their wealth.
Notable client work & achievements
- Advising the shareholders of a UK company on the implications of a cash plus shares sale of a majority stake in their company, involving the exercise of EMI share options, granting of put/call options and claims for Business Asset Disposal Relief (formerly entrepreneurs’ relief).
- Advising the head of a family on reorganising his estate to maximise the availability of inheritance tax reliefs and how his properties and business interests could be gifted to his children in a tax efficient manner.
- Dealing with HMRC enquiries into the tax returns of UK sportspeople, focusing on the sstruturing of their image rights.
- Advising on the tax implications for two minority shareholders of a corporate restructuring ahead of a potential listing and subsequent sale of shares to an external investor.
- Listed in eprivateclient Top 35 under 35 in 2018.
- Winner of STEP Excellence Award in 2020 for achieving the highest worldwide score in the UK Tax for International Clients paper.
Professional qualifications & memberships
- Martin is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and Association of Taxation Technicians.

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