Rebecca Wallis
Rebecca Wallis is an associate in the Tax Department.
Prior to joining Proskauer, Rebecca trained in the London and Hong Kong offices of an international U.S. law firm where she worked on tax, corporate M&A and bank finance matters.
Rebecca earned her B.A. from Durham University and undertook her legal studies at the University of Law.
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In Dodika Ltd & Ors v United Luck Group Holdings Limited, the High Court (HC) has accepted the sellers’ argument that a notice of a tax claim under a tax covenant served on them by the buyer was invalid because it did not contain the level of information required by the provision in the related … Continue Reading
As part of the UK’s Budget 2020, the Treasury has announced a range of measures aimed at assisting UK businesses, in particular small and medium sized businesses (SMEs), in tackling disruption caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The UK government will be hoping that such measures assist in lessening any longer term economic impact caused … Continue Reading
There has been another development on the tricky but important subject of whether the rights attaching to preference shares mean that they are or are not ordinary shares for entrepreneurs’ relief (and other tax) purposes. Recent cases have shown that share with no right to a dividend are ordinary shares. HMRC has published its view … Continue Reading
The proposed amendment to entrepreneurs’ relief (“ER”) in Finance Bill 2019 is designed to address one of the outstanding issues with the current law when dilution of a company results in the loss of ER. Under the current rules, a shareholder who has held, for at least 12 months prior to disposal, at least 5% … Continue Reading
