Duff & Phelps forms London based TP team

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Duff & Phelps forms London based TP team

Richard Newby, Shiv Mahalingham, Danny Beeton and Andrew Cousins have joined Duff & Phelps to form a London based transfer pricing team.

Andrew Cousins joined the Duff & Phelps’ transfer pricing team in late February. Cousins was deputy comptroller of taxes in the Jersey tax authority, acting as competent authority for all of Jersey’s international tax agreements. Cousins also spent eight years in industry as global head of transfer pricing, leading the transfer pricing practice at two FTSE 100 FMCG multinationals, first Gallaher PLC and then Cadbury PLC.

Danny Beeton joined in January 2015. Beeton was global head of transfer pricing economics at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and before that was a partner and global head of transfer pricing at Grant Thornton. Beeton’s past work includes securing the first UK construction industry APA, the successful presentation of a transfer pricing report to resolve a VAT dispute and transfer pricing planning and benchmarking of profit margins, royalty rates, interest rates, guarantee fees and other fees and commissions.

Richard Newby joined in November 2014 and specialises in transfer pricing and business restructuring with a strong operational focus. Newby previously worked as an independent consultant on international tax and transfer pricing as well as holding positions at KPMG, Deloitte, Arthur Andersen and EY.

Shiv Mahalingham joined in November 2014. Mahalingham was a founding partner and head of transfer pricing at Alvarez & Marsal Taxand UK and has also worked at EY where he led projects including restructuring for FTSE 100 groups, thin capitalisation studies and transfer pricing risk/opportunity assessments.

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