Peter Vaines advises clients in the United States, Europe and China on all aspects of corporate tax and personal tax law. Peter also counsels individual clients on tax investigations, trusts and offshore structures. He is one of the leading authorities in the United Kingdom on the law of residence and domicile, and advises on all aspects of the subject. Many of his clients are high-net-worth individuals with successful private companies requiring tax advice across a wide spectrum of business and finance.

Peter was listed as a leading individual for private client matters in London by Chambers UK 2010 and recognized in PLC Which lawyer? Yearbook 2009 and The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom.

Peter also acts as an arbitrator in tax and financial matters and has broad experience as an expert witness on tax issues. He is well-known as an author and speaker on tax subjects in the United Kingdom and several other countries. Peter is a member of the editorial boards of the leading journals Taxation and Personal Tax Planning Review.

Representative Experience

• Advising multinational corporations, banks, financial institutions and private companies on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and reorganizations, cross-border and transfer-pricing issues.
• Advising high net worth individuals (and their advisors) on all aspects of UK taxation, trusts and related issues including residence and funding issues.
• Advising Family Offices in the UK, Europe and Asia on all aspects of tax and corporate structuring.
• Providing tax and trust consultancy advice to accounting and law firms, banks and trust companies.
• Advising on trust matters, share valuation for fiscal purposes, executive remuneration, planning share schemes and estate planning.
• Acting as lead adviser in major case on residence and domicile in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
• Acting as an expert witness in a commercial dispute following a major acquisition in the healthcare industry.
• Advising on numerous cases involving the UK Disclosure Opportunities and the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility.