Operating Partner

Tax

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Operating Partner

Tax

Expertise

Andy White is a Chartered Accountant by profession but has spent the last twenty years of his career specialising in UK tax.

Qualifying in 1974, Andy became a partner in Gordon Leighton & Co in 1980, rising to the position of Senior Partner in 1988. In 2008, Gordon Leighton merged with Carter Backer Winter LLP (CBW) where he became Senior Partner and latterly Chairman.  CBW is now part of Gravita LLP.

Andy has worked on a number of high-profile and complex projects from advising on IPOs and  purchase and sale of a variety of businesses and demergers to establishing offshore trusts to maximise tax efficiency.

Andy Advises...

  • Solicitors looking for tax support
  • Owner-managed businesses
  • Property investors & developers
  • Immigrants & emigrants
  • Private individuals on estate planning & taxation generally

Experience highlights

  • Floating a company in the home hardware sector
  • Sale of an international cosmetics business
  • Negotiating and facilitating the demerger of a £350m property group.
  • Negotiating settlements with HMRC and resolving tax disputes.
  • Structuring a complex demerger partition.
  • Project managing transition to Employee Ownership Trusts.

Career History

Previous firms

  • Gordon Leighton & Co
  • Carter Backer Winter LLP

Memberships

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales

Education

University of Oxford

Other

Andy has written extensively for various newspapers including the Financial Times and The Times and professional publications such as Taxation and Tax Journal. His views are often sought and quoted by journalists.

Get in touch

For further advice please contact us for a free consultation.

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+44 (0)3330 143 401 info@gunnercooke.com