Stephen Pevsner
Partner
Stephen Pevsner is a tax partner and a member of the Corporate Department.
Stephen's practice focuses on UK and international M&A and private equity transactions, corporate reorganizations, and new business formations. Offering a broad range of corporate tax strategy experience, his clients include global corporations, investment banks, and private equity sponsors and investors.
In addition to his wealth of transactional knowledge he also has substantive experience advising on the formation of private investment funds and the establishment of investment management and advisory limited partnerships.
According to Chambers UK, Stephen is a notable practitioner in the corporate tax field, praised for "his ability to master the intricacies of tax law and understand the commercial aspects of the deal".
Stephen is a member of the BVCA Tax Committee and is a regular speaker at conferences and contributor to publications such as the Tax Journal and Tolley's.
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Welcome to the February edition of the Proskauer UK Tax Round Up. Although there have been no major developments since our last issue there have been several interesting cases published. Please view this month’s issue of the UK Tax Round Up.… Continue Reading
Welcome to the January 2018 edition of the Proskauer UK Tax Round Up. This month has been fairly quiet from a tax perspective, which provides a welcome respite from the busy end to 2017. Please view this month’s issue of the UK Tax Round Up.… Continue Reading
Welcome to the December 2017 edition of the Proskauer UK Tax Round Up. There have been many announcements and publications this month, largely a result of the Autumn Budget and publication of the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2017-19. Please view this month’s issue of the UK Tax Round Up.… Continue Reading
The UK Government has announced in today’s Budget (22 November) that it is launching a consultation on extending the scope of UK tax on real estate. Currently, non-UK residents who are investors in UK land and buildings are outside the scope of UK tax on gains on commercial property. They pay income tax on the … Continue Reading
Welcome to the November 2017 edition of the Proskauer UK Tax Round Up. The past month has seen a major case on interest finalised before the Supreme Court as well as some interesting proposals for the simplifications of the laws on VAT. Please view this month’s issue of the UK Tax Round Up.… Continue Reading
Welcome to the October 2017 edition of the Proskauer UK Tax Round Up. The past month has been a number of interesting case decisions among other developments. Please view this month’s issue of the UK Tax Round Up.… Continue Reading
Welcome to the September 2017 edition of the Proskauer UK Tax Round Up. Since our last edition, the Finance (No 2) Bill has been published and started its passage through the House of Commons, draft legislation for inclusion in next year’s Finance Bill has been published and the date for the first Autumn budget has … Continue Reading
The Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber), the UK’s second level tax appeal court, have just published their judgement in the McQuillan case, which considered whether shares with no right to dividends or any other profits are or are not “ordinary share capital” (OSC) for UK tax purposes. There are a number of UK tax … Continue Reading
Background As mentioned in our July 2017 edition of UK Tax Round Up, the UK has enacted a new corporate criminal offence of failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion. The law comes into effect on 30th September 2017, and businesses should ensure that they have considered its impact before then. A risk assessment … Continue Reading
The summer break means that we are still waiting for the new Parliament’s drafts of the Customs, National Insurance Contributions and Finance (No 2) Bills discussed in the July 2017 edition although the timeline for the Finance (No 2) Bill has now been clarified. Please view this month’s issue of the UK Tax Round Up.… Continue Reading
It has been another relatively quiet month from a tax perspective as we continue to wait for the Summer Finance Bill, the first Finance Bill of the new Parliament, to be published. Please view this month’s issue of the UK Tax Round Up.… Continue Reading
This month has been quiet from a tax perspective as a number of significant tax measures planned for inclusion in the first Finance Act 2017 were put on hold until after the general election. We will report on their progress in future editions. Please view this month’s issue of the UK Tax Round Up.… Continue Reading
On June 7, 2017, ministers and high-level officials of 68 jurisdictions convened to formally sign the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), originally published on November 24, 2016 (the “Multilateral Instrument,” or “MLI”). The Multilateral Instrument is the product of ongoing efforts by the Organisation … Continue Reading
The previous month has been dominated by politics, with an announcement of a snap general election leading to postponement of many proposals in draft legislation. This month’s edition of the UK Tax Round Up discusses how certain provisions of the draft legislation could be impacted by the election, among other issues.… Continue Reading
UK Tax Round Up: February 2018
By Robert E. Gaut, Stephen Pevsner and Catherine Sear on Posted in UK Tax
UK Tax Round Up: January 2018
By Robert E. Gaut, Stephen Pevsner and Catherine Sear on Posted in UK Tax
UK Tax Round Up: December 2017
By Robert E. Gaut, Stephen Pevsner and Catherine Sear on Posted in UK Tax
Major Changes Proposed to UK Tax Regime for Non-resident Investors in UK Commercial Property
By Robert E. Gaut and Stephen Pevsner on Posted in Real Estate, UK Tax
UK Tax Round Up: November 2017
By Robert E. Gaut, Stephen Pevsner and Catherine Sear on Posted in U.S. Legislation, UK Tax
UK Tax Round Up: October 2017
UK Tax Round Up: September 2017
By Robert E. Gaut, Stephen Pevsner and Catherine Sear on Posted in UK Tax
Zero Dividend Shares are Ordinary Share Capital
By Stephen Pevsner, Robert E. Gaut and Catherine Sear on Posted in UK Tax
Failure to Prevent the Facilitation of Tax Evasion: New United Kingdom Corporate Criminal Offence
By Robert E. Gaut, Stephen Pevsner and Catherine Sear on Posted in Compliance, UK Tax
UK Tax Round Up: August 2017
By Robert E. Gaut, Stephen Pevsner and Catherine Sear on Posted in UK Tax
UK Tax Round Up: July 2017
By Robert E. Gaut, Stephen Pevsner and Catherine Sear on Posted in UK Tax
UK Tax Round Up: June 2017
By Robert E. Gaut, Stephen Pevsner and Catherine Sear on Posted in UK Tax
BEPS Update: OECD Multilateral Instrument Signed
UK Tax Round Up: May 2017
By Robert E. Gaut, Stephen Pevsner and Catherine Sear on Posted in UK Tax
