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Provided by Richard Vallat KC
Practice Areas
Corporate tax
Indirect tax
Private client tax
Professional negligence
Career
Richard Vallat is a highly sought-after KC who is ranked for corporate, indirect and private client tax in both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. He is noted as being “excellent: extremely bright, grasps all the issues and responds quickly” as well as for the fact that he is “commercially minded” and adopts “a very practical approach”.
Richard practices in all areas of revenue law and this includes advice and litigation in the following areas: personal tax, corporate tax, VAT and other indirect taxes, stamp duty, stamp duty land tax and tax-related litigation including professional negligence.
Professional Memberships
Chair of Revenue Bar Association
Chancery Bar Association
London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association
Stamp Tax Practitioners Group
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Richard Vallat KC acts for taxpayers and HMRC on a wide range of matters involving IHT, CGT and Income Tax. Vallat has broad expertise in tax work, handling both advisory and litigation matters.
Richard Vallat KC frequently acts for HMRC on challenges to avoidance schemes and is an expert on corporate tax and capital allowances issues. He takes instructions on the taxpayer side in cases concerning corporate tax schemes, employee benefit trusts and tax-related professional negligence. He also acts in contractual disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Richard makes tax look easy, which is an exceptional skill."
"Richard has great breadth of knowledge and appears in a number of high-profile cases."
"Richard Vallat KC is excellent: extremely bright, grasps all the issues and responds quickly."
"Richard's advice was clear, well structured, practical and commercially minded."
"Richard is incredibly smart, knowledgeable and quick."
"Richard makes tax look easy, which is an exceptional skill."
"Richard has great breadth of knowledge and appears in a number of high-profile cases."
"Richard Vallat KC is excellent: extremely bright, grasps all the issues and responds quickly."
"Richard's advice was clear, well structured, practical and commercially minded."
"Richard is incredibly smart, knowledgeable and quick."
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