John Dunlop

Partner at DAC Beachcroft

Speaker

John Dunlop is the head of the Corporate Tax Department of DAC Beachcroft LLP. He specialises in the field of commercial tax generally, arising on all commercial and corporate transactions, advising on all aspects of corporation tax, income tax, NIC, capital allowances, capital gains tax, VAT, stamp duty and stamp duty land tax. John regularly advises on the tax aspects of all types of commercial agreements and merger and acquisitions, focussing on tax minimisation and the allocation of risk.

John spends a huge part of his life dealing with share schemes of all types. The EMI is the best game in town followed swiftly by the ESS, and John is passionate about helping clients use these to save huge amounts of tax.

Recent property-related work includes advising as to the different types of joint venture vehicle, be they tax transparent or otherwise, SDLT and VAT structuring, and inward property investment.

John was recently involved with creating and providing VAT advice on what we understand is the largest Cost Sharing Group in the UK taking advantage of the newly introduced exemption for VAT.

John is also a noted practitioner in Chambers.