UK Bar
Tax - London (Bar)
Barbara Belgrano is an accomplished junior experienced in a wide range of complex corporate tax cases. She acts for the taxpayer and HMRC in cases involving tax schemes, double tax treaties and group litigation relating to the taxation of dividends.
Strengths
"Barbara Belgrano is a really able junior. She's a demon when it comes to cases with complicated facts and difficult tax issues."
Tax: Indirect Tax - London (Bar)
Barbara Belgrano regularly acts in a wide range of matters regarding indirect tax matters. She appears in cases right from the First-tier Tribunal all the way up to the ECJ. Belgrano has recently appeared on a range of gaming duty, VAT and SDLT cases.
Strengths
"She has great client-handling skills and is someone who always inspires confidence."
"So conscientious, super diligent and a real team player. Clients love her."
"She is very much a details-focused person, who is always stress-testing what we are saying so that we are best positioned to put our optimum case forward."
"Barbara knows VAT inside and out, and has a genuine passion for the subject. She really thinks about the principles behind the legislation."
Tax: Private Client - London (Bar)
Barbara Belgrano is a highly regarded tax junior with a broad practice in Revenue work. Belgrano is often instructed on complex tax avoidance scheme cases and other matters involving the anti-avoidance provisions.
Strengths
"Barbara Belgrano is so impressive and has been a helpful and inspiring leader on the matters on which I have worked with her. She is formidably intelligent as well as being friendly and thoughtful."
"Barbara Belgrano is formidably intelligent, eloquent and excellent at formulating and communicating arguments. She has been an inspiring and thoughtful leader."
"Barbara Belgrano has strong technical knowledge and is very responsive."
"Barbara is modest but quietly brilliant; she wrestles with a problem until she finds the answer. She is very clever, has a good client manner, can lower tension levels and is a great writer."