Senior Transactions Tax Manager (In-House)

We are supporting a leading private markets investment firm adding to its Transactions Tax team.

Highlights:

• Transactions Tax
• Senior Manager/VP/Director
• Private Markets
• London

About:

The firm manages capital across a diversified investment platform spanning Private Equity, Private Credit, Infrastructure and Real Estate. This individual will play a key role in supporting investment activity across the platform, partnering closely with investment professionals, legal teams, finance and external advisers on the structuring and execution of transactions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide tax support on acquisitions, disposals, refinancings and restructurings across Private Equity, Credit, Infrastructure and Real Estate investments.
• Review and challenge external tax due diligence reports.
• Assess key tax risks and opportunities identified during the diligence process.
• Advise on transaction structuring from both an investor and asset-level perspective.
• Support investment teams throughout deal execution, including reviewing tax provisions within transaction documentation.

Investment Structuring

• Assist in the development and implementation of efficient investment structures across multiple jurisdictions.
• Analyse direct and indirect tax implications of proposed structures.
• Consider implications relating to corporate tax, withholding tax, transfer taxes, fund structuring and cross-border investments.
• Work closely with legal and fund finance teams to ensure structures align with commercial objectives.
• Act as a trusted adviser to portfolio companies and investment teams on tax-related matters.
• Support post-acquisition integration projects and operational tax matters.
• Assist with restructuring initiatives, financing arrangements and exit planning.

Stakeholder Management

• Partner closely with investment professionals across Private Equity, Credit, Infrastructure and Real Estate teams.
• Manage relationships with external advisers across key jurisdictions.
• Present tax analysis and recommendations to senior stakeholders in a clear and commercial manner.
• Collaborate with finance, legal, compliance and investor relations teams.
• Support the identification and management of tax risks across the investment platform.
• Stay abreast of relevant legislative and regulatory developments impacting private capital investments.
• Assist in maintaining appropriate tax governance frameworks and policies.
• Either a qualified tax accountant or tax lawyer.
• Strong transactions tax experience, ideally focused on Private Equity, Infrastructure, Real Estate and/or Private Credit clients.
• Proven experience supporting M&A transactions and complex cross-border investments.
• Exposure to tax due diligence and transaction structuring.