Ropes & Gray Continues to Enhance Tax Capability in London

LONDON (3 June 2014) - Ropes & Gray today announced that Andrew Howard has joined the firm as counsel in its London tax & benefits department. Mr Howard joins the global firm from Allen & Overy LLP. The firm has also recently recruited Brenda Coleman, a highly regarded tax lawyer who is ranked in Tier 1 in Chambers, as a partner in the practice.

Mr Howard has 11 years’ post-qualified experience (PQE) gained with Allen & Overy and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. He has also spent time on secondment with a leading investment bank. He advises on all areas of UK corporate tax, with extensive tax experience in UK and international M&A, funds, real estate and finance matters. He is a regular contributor to leading UK tax publications and has presented a number of seminars on developments in UK tax law. Mr Howard also focuses on cross-border and international tax matters, coordinating advice with counsel in a wide range of jurisdictions to provide comprehensive advice on the tax effects of clients’ transactions. He has developed a reputation with clients for providing clear and concise advice on complex transactions.

Ms Coleman said, “The London office now has more than 80 lawyers, and the need for sophisticated tax lawyers is vital to service our clients’ highly complex transactions. We are delighted that Andrew has decided to join us”.

Mr Howard said, “I am very excited to be joining the expanding UK tax team at Ropes & Gray. I'm looking forward to becoming involved in the complex transactions undertaken by the firm's clients. I'll be doing my best to make sure that the clients have a clear understanding of the tax treatment of their transactions, and that that treatment is as efficient and certain as possible”.

Ropes & Gray, a global law firm with more than 1,100 lawyers and professionals, provides clients with execution of their transactions from offices in the world’s major centers of business, finance, technology and government—London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo, New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Silicon Valley. The firm is highly and consistently ranked for its practices in private equity, M&A, finance, investment management, hedge funds, life sciences, health care, intellectual property, litigation, securities litigation, and government enforcement.