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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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
