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2027 Edition
General corporate tax
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Sarah Bond
Firm:
Freshfields
Rating:
Notable Practitioner
Women in Tax Leader
Practice Area:
Tax controversy
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Helen Buchanan
Firm:
Freshfields
Rating:
Highly Regarded
Women in Tax Leader
Practice Area:
Tax controversy
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Edward Buxton
Firm:
Freshfields
Rating:
Rising Star
Practice Area:
General corporate tax
Tax controversy
Transactional tax
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Peter Clements
Firm:
Freshfields
Rating:
Notable Practitioner
Practice Area:
General corporate tax
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Paul Davidson
Firm:
Freshfields
Rating:
Highly Regarded
Practice Area:
General corporate tax
Transactional tax
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Jill Gatehouse
Firm:
Freshfields
Rating:
Highly Regarded
Women in Tax Leader
Practice Area:
General corporate tax
Transactional tax
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
David Haughey
Firm:
Freshfields
Rating:
Rising Star
Practice Area:
General corporate tax
Tax controversy
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
David Haworth
Firm:
Freshfields
Rating:
Notable Practitioner
Practice Area:
General corporate tax
Transactional tax
Tax controversy
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Joshua Kelly
Firm:
Freshfields
Rating:
Notable Practitioner
Practice Area:
Tax controversy
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
May Smith
Firm:
Freshfields
Rating:
Notable Practitioner
Women in Tax Leader
Practice Area:
Transactional tax
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Emily Szasz
Firm:
Freshfields
Rating:
Women in Tax Leader
Notable Practitioner
Practice Area:
Transactional tax
General corporate tax
Tax controversy
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Samuel Withnall
Firm:
Freshfields
Rating:
Rising Star
Practice Area:
General corporate tax
Transactional tax
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
Direct Tax
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Opinion: Law firms can’t crack AI alone
The industry’s response to AI requires an unfamiliar ingredient as firms battle to shape their futures
Ed Conlon, October 14 2026
Rankings analysis
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World Tax Rankings 2026: Deloitte and DLA Piper are top of the world
ITR concludes its analysis of World Tax’s rankings for 2026 by highlighting the firms that stood out most on a global scale
Tom Baker, December 01 2025
Direct Tax
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This week in tax: HMRC exposes five accountancy firms that promoted tax avoidance schemes
The firms received fees for referring clients to the avoidance scheme, HMRC said; in other news, Freshfields’ former tax head has lost his fraud conviction appeal
Tom Baker, September 19 2025
Rankings analysis
London
State of the market: sizing up UK tax firms
Ahead of another busy year for the World Tax rankings and ITR Awards, we profile some of the UK’s major firms and explore key market trends
Ed Conlon, March 10 2025
Transfer Pricing
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ITR’s European litigation report finds firms raring for TP disputes
Firms are starkly divided on the benefits of specialist tax litigation teams over generalist practices, ITR’s analysis also finds
Tom Baker, January 15 2025
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Deloitte leaves ITR’s 2024 Awards as biggest winner
The firm picked up awards for its work in multiple jurisdictions, while DLA Piper walked away with four individual honours
Sam Sholli, September 19 2024
Direct Tax
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Strong potential for pillar two disputes: Freshfields’ Amsterdam tax head
In an exclusive interview with ITR, Eelco van der Stok also argues that it’s not a good strategy for ‘big four’ transfer pricing specialists to run disputes on their own
Tom Baker, August 26 2024
Direct Tax
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Top tax cases of the year so far
Losses for HM Revenue and Customs and the Australian Taxation Office, cum-ex fraud and a 'mysterious funder' all feature in ITR’s list of 2024’s most significant tax cases so far
Sam Sholli, July 22 2024
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