James McCredie
UK Guide 2025
Band 2 : Tax: Investment Funds
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Band 2
About
Provided by James McCredie
Practice Areas
Tax & Reward
Career
James advises on a wide range of tax matters, including the establishment of private equity, credit, real estate and other investment funds and their deal and investment structuring, the structuring of management incentive plans and partnership tax.
James has advised a wide client base on a substantial range of tax matters. He specialises in investment fund tax, and has worked on fundraisings for our key investment funds clients and on a stand-alone basis across the range of asset classes and fund terms (through private equity, property and hedge funds, as well as family office investment structures). He has been involved in examining the structures of a number of fund managers in response to the many changes to personal and corporate taxation (including carried interest changes) which have affected the industry over recent years.
James also advises funds and others in the financial services sphere on their acquisitions and disposals of investments and the structure of investment platforms and establishment and disposal of asset managers themselves. He advises on the tax treatment of secondary transactions in fund investments (including a number of recent stapled secondary transactions and GP lead processes) as well as asset manager stake sales.
Chambers Review
UK
James McCredie is known for his work advising asset managers on the full range of tax issues affecting investment funds.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"James is technically excellent, very approachable and available 24/7."
"James is an excellent lawyer with an ability to communicate concisely and to make complex issues comprehensible."
"James delivers very creative solutions."
"James is technically excellent, very approachable and available 24/7."
"James is an excellent lawyer with an ability to communicate concisely and to make complex issues comprehensible."
"James delivers very creative solutions."