International Tax Projects & Disputes
A senior tax adviser engaged by in-house tax and finance teams to handle a single, high-stakes matter they do not have the time or specialist expertise to cover - an audit, a dispute, a transaction, a new market, or a technical question - and hand it back resolved.
Where teams bring counsel in
When an audit, assessment or dispute with the authority goes beyond what the team can absorb, the mandate is to take the file, build the position and manage the authority-facing response. Experience includes revenue-authority challenges across the UK, West Africa and Central Africa.
When a live transaction needs tax structuring, due diligence or step-planning the team has no bandwidth to run - from multi-billion-dollar capital raises to cross-border mergers and energy-sector restructurings.
When the group is moving into a jurisdiction no one in-house has operated in - fiscal framework, holding and financing structure, and government negotiations. Work has covered government-facing fiscal negotiations across Africa and South America.
When OECD Pillar 2, a new corporate-tax regime or a transfer-pricing position lands and you need a senior, defensible answer quickly - without hiring a permanent specialist for a one-off question.
When shareholders or family principals need senior, confidential advice on private asset structuring, wealth preservation and succession - kept separate from the group's in-house function.
An in-house team should not have to carry every specialist problem alone. For one issue at a time, the file is taken on, resolved, and handed back with a defensible record.
Selected experience
Group-level tax leadership
Greenfield corporate tax, VAT and customs implementation across multiple business units; group tax policy, e-invoicing and direct tax-authority engagement.
Regional and group tax ownership
Tax responsibility across 12 countries and a substantial cross-border turnover base; resolved a UK tax authority inquiry with no penalties; built global transfer-pricing policy and Pillar 2 readiness.
International tax and fiscal negotiations
Lead tax input on production-sharing and government-facing fiscal negotiations; offshore project structuring; managed assessments and audits across multiple African jurisdictions.
Cross-border structuring and M&A
Structuring for a multi-billion-dollar capital increase, earnings-enhancing arrangements and E&P M&A across Africa, South America and Europe.
Earlier experience includes tax law practice and Big Four tax exposure in Southern Europe.
Credentials
Postgraduate taxation training with distinction-level performance
Professional credential in cross-border taxation
Law degree and tax-litigation postgraduate training
Assessment and moderation work for professional tax education
Built for confidential, senior-level support where public attribution is less important than a resolved matter and a defensible file.
Working languages - English, Portuguese, Spanish