Al Tamimi & Company has become the first firm in the region to establish a dedicated Tax practice ahead of the introduction of VAT next year.
Led by Ahmed Ibrahim, Partner and Head of Capital Markets, and supported by the appointment of Shiraz Khan (pictured), Senior Tax Advisor, the team will provide and manage cross border tax advice to multinational corporations, financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds, private equity groups, investment funds, real estate investment houses, family offices, joint ventures and other regional organisations.
The service offering will include Inbound Tax Advisory, International Tax Structuring and Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions Tax, Value Added Tax (VAT), Tax Disputes and Litigation and Tax Risk Management.
Husam Hourani, Managing Partner at Al Tamimi said, We are delighted to expand our offering to include Tax with the hire of Shiraz. Shiraz is a highly experienced international tax professional and brings with him a unique tax skill set having worked in private practice and led a global in-house tax function.
He added, With the imminent introduction of VAT in the GCC from 2018 and the increasingly complex global and regional corporate tax landscape that impacts businesses in the Middle East, we are very confident that our new Tax Practice will enable Al Tamimi to provide even greater value to our clients.
Shiraz is a UK qualified lawyer with over 15 years of international tax experience. Prior to joining Al Tamimi, he was the global head of tax at a leading multinational where he was responsible for the tax affairs in over 100 countries. He has also worked for a top international law firm in the UK and big 4 firms in both the UK and the Middle East.