Andrew Evans
UK Guide 2025
Band 3 : Tax
Band 3
About
Provided by Andrew Evans
Practice Areas
Andrew advises on a broad range of tax issues for companies, business owners and private individuals. A major part of Andrew’s work is advising on the transition of companies to employee ownership via Employee Ownership Trusts (“EOT”) and advising existing EOTs on issues involving the operation of the trust including the sale of the company owned by the EOT.
Andrew works with the Corporate teams across the whole firm to provide tax advice on their transactions including acquisitions, disposals and corporate group reorganisations plus advice on the adoption and implementation of share option schemes. He works collaboratively with other tax advisers to identify key issues and find mutually acceptable solutions. Andrew provides advice to the Property and Private Client teams on stamp taxes with particular emphasis on SDLT and LTT. Andrew was a member of the Welsh Government’s Tax Advisory Group and saw first-hand the development of LTT from inception to implementation. Andrew presents on share options and other employee incentives to the Chartered Institute of Taxation and regularly contributes to legal publications.
Chambers Review
UK
Andrew Evansof Geldards is adept at handling the tax aspects of cross-border transactions and incentive schemes. His clients include startups and large corporations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He's very knowledgeable about tax and he was extremely patient when it came to answering all types of questions."
"He's approachable and knowledgeable, he finds solutions and he's very pragmatic in his approach."
"He's very knowledgeable about tax and he was extremely patient when it came to answering all types of questions."
"He's approachable and knowledgeable, he finds solutions and he's very pragmatic in his approach."