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About
Provided by Patrick Soares
Practice Areas
Taxation of complex land transactions, settlements and partnerships and offshore structures and civil law entities. He deals with all taxes including SDLT and offshore taxation. He also appears for taxpayers before the Tax Tribunals with a particular experience in partnership taxation and the taxation of offshore funds.
Career
Formerly a tax partner in a leading firm of solicitors.
Professional Memberships
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.
Publications
Editor of Land Taxation and the chambers' journal, FCTC Digest. Former Tax Editor of the Property Law Bulletin. He has produced tax memoranda on a variety of tax topics including The Taxation of Non-Domiciliaries, The Statutory Residence Test , IHT Planning, The Taxation of Pension Schemes and Business Investment Relief
Lectures
Mr. Soares is a well-known lecturer and chairs the annual Informa Conferences in London on Estate Planning, Private Client Offshore Taxation, the Taxation of UK Land Investment and Development Transactions and Corporate Taxation and Company Reorganisations.
Personal
Plays the clarinet and piano. Enjoys reading and cycling.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Patrick Soares is sought out for his depth of experience in tax advisory work. He regularly advises large corporations and is experienced at dealing with a great variety of cases, including those concerning property transactions, offshore issues and VAT.
Patrick Soares is head of chambers and advises on a wide range of tax issues. He is known for his advisory practice.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Patrick Soares has a strong breadth of knowledge and immense experience."
"Patrick is a walking encyclopaedia of tax knowledge. He thinks of creative solutions for clients' problems and is a brilliant adviser."
"Heavily in demand for complicated tax avoidance issues, he gets incredible results."
"Patrick Soares has a strong breadth of knowledge and immense experience."
"Patrick is a walking encyclopaedia of tax knowledge. He thinks of creative solutions for clients' problems and is a brilliant adviser."
"Heavily in demand for complicated tax avoidance issues, he gets incredible results."