James Gopsill

Partner

Birmingham

Contact details

• e: James Gopsill
• dt: +44 (0) 121 234 0178
• df: +44 (0) 121 234 0003
• m: +44 (0) 7790 582 748

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Expertise

James heads the Corporate Tax team. Like all members of the team, he advises on all areas of corporate tax, real estate tax and share schemes. He has particular expertise on the taxation of real estate investment, real estate development and urban regeneration.

Experience

James is a consulting editor on VAT, stamp duties and stamp duty land tax for Lexis Nexis Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents. He is also a member of the VAT Practitioners Group and a member of Law Society Stamp Taxes Working Group.

Successes

• Share option arrangements including EMI, CSOP, SIP, LTIP, JSOP, growth in value shares, unapproved options, EBTs, directors loans, bonus and salary sacrifice schemes.
  
• Share sales and acquisitions.
  
• Group reorganisations and demergers.
  
• Private equity/venture capital investments
  
• EIS and VCT investments.
  
• Joint ventures, partnerships, LP’s, LLP’s.
  
• Profit/capital extraction from companies.
  
• Loans, trade debt, debt release, debt/equity swaps.
  
• Insolvency.
  
• Tax indemnities and warranties.
  
• VAT and VAT planning, including super-yachts.
  
• Real estate investment, disposal and acquisition.
  
• Real estate development and urban regeneration.

Interests

James enjoys spending time with his family and a variety of sports. He also enjoys riding, walking and the outdoors generally.