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Nigel has over 25 years of experience advising many clients going through change, including acquisitions, growth and exit. He advises Boards and business owners through understanding their issues and helping them achieve their aspirations.

Katherine leads our Bristol business tax team. She works with a diverse portfolio of clients ranging from small, fast-growth businesses to larger private equity-backed groups and listed multinationals. She specialises in advising on UK corporation tax matters, including compliance, tax governance, group reorganisations and structuring.

Amanda focuses on internal audit and risk management, with nearly 20 years of experience in providing risk advisory and assurance solutions and counter fraud services to corporates, government departments, not-for-profits, and financial services. She has over ten years of experience in industry and has successfully led internal audit and risk functions with high-tech and data-rich organisations. She has radically transformed the approaches taken to delivering counter fraud and risk advisory and assurance services.

Becky is an experienced tax advisor overseeing a portfolio of owner-managed businesses and large groups in various industries. She advises on tax compliance and tax planning, including group reorganisations, transactions and transfer pricing. Becky also has experience working in-house within the international tax team of a multinational group.

Ben is a director in the National Assurance Technical Group, providing financial reporting, audit and assurance support to Evelyn Partners’ teams. He is an Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) qualified accountant and auditor with a particular interest in technical matters, including UK GAAP and IFRS accounts.

Owen has over 18 years of experience assisting businesses with complex VAT issues, having started his career as a VAT Officer with HMRC and as an advisor for the last 14 years. He has advised many clients, including large multinationals and private equity-backed and owner-managed businesses.

Stephen has over 13 years of experience advising on employment tax issues and employee equity-based incentive arrangements, from the largest household names to fast-growing smaller private businesses. He is a technical expert across all employment tax areas and advises employers on remaining compliant with the complex legislation in this area.

Shuab is a partner in our R&D Incentives Advisory team. He successfully delivers IT/software R&D tax claims for a wide range of clients across many industries and sectors. He has significant experience in supporting clients with capturing eligible costs by identifying both obvious and non-obvious areas of R&D while reducing the risk of HMRC challenges and minimising the time clients need to spend on the R&D claim process.

Adam specialises in advising private clients and owner-managed businesses on a range of financial goals. He builds long-term financial plans that preserve and grow wealth, enhances investment and retirement planning opportunities, and helps business owners strengthen their businesses whilst extracting profits tax efficiently. He supports business owners throughout their growth journey and advises them through succession planning and beyond.