Tax issues on stake sales and investment into managers: structuring, pitfalls and steps to take now
About
Joanna is Senior Counsel in the firm's Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations practice. Joanna specialises in complex commercial and fraud disputes. As well as managing disputes in the English Courts, she has significant experience in managing parallel proceedings in different jurisdictions.
Joanna has over 16 years experience acting on complex commercial disputes and fraud litigation, including international disputes. She has significant experience of dealing with interim injunctive relief.
The breadth of her practice and experience means she also regularly advises on company and partnership law, shareholder disputes, warranty claims, as well as contentious employment disputes.
Joanna has significant cross-sector experience and her clients include corporate entities, financial institutions, private equity, liquidators and high-net-worth individuals in litigation and arbitration proceedings, including third party funded claims.
Joanna was seconded to the litigation & investigations team of an international bank between August 2014 and March 2015.
Joanna is a qualified solicitor-advocate and a member of the Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association.
Qualified in England and Wales, 2008.
Experience
- Acting for the liquidators of a company in relation to the pursuit of claims against a former director for fraudulent breach of duties and a third party for dishonest assistance.
- Successfully challenging a world wide freezing order and advising in respect a conspiracy claim involving a jurisdiction challenge, foreign applicable law and allegations of judicial corruption in foreign jurisdictions.
- Advising on a shareholder dispute relating to the future and management of a prominent business, including allegations of unfair prejudice and wrongdoing by the directors.
- Advising a FTSE 100 company in relation to group litigation involving claims for breaches of EU law, restitution and unjust enrichment arising from the VAT treatment of certain supplies.
- Advising an investor in growth companies in respect of claims relating to their investments, including claims for breach of warranty, misrepresentation claims and fraud claims.
- Advising a Middle Eastern investment bank in relation to a potential claim arising from fraudulent investments, including allegations of bribery and money laundering.
- Advising a fund manager in relation to claims of carried interest following the departure of certain members.