Peter Vaines

Background

About Peter Vaines

I practice as a barrister advising clients in the UK and all over the world on UK corporate tax and personal tax including tax investigations, trusts and offshore structures and fiscal share valuations. I have particular experience on the law of residence and domicile, and advise on all aspects of the subject. Many of my clients are high-net-worth individuals with successful private companies requiring tax advice across a wide spectrum of business and finance. Although I am usually instructed by solicitors and accountants on behalf of their clients, I am also authorised under the Public Access Scheme to accept instructions directly from lay clients. I have been listed as a leading lawyer on private client matters in London by Chambers UK and recognized in PLC Which lawyer? Yearbook and The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom. I am a qualified as an English barrister, a chartered accountant, a chartered tax adviser and a chartered arbitrator. I act as a an arbitrator in tax and financial matters and have broad experience as an expert witness on tax issues. I frequently write and lecture on tax subjects in the United Kingdom and several other countries. I received the Taxation Writer of the Year Award in 2015. My monthly Tax Bulletin on topical tax issues can be found on our chambers website. Before joining Field Court Tax Chambers, I was the senior tax partner in a firm of chartered accountants for over 20 years, and subsequently was a senior tax partner in two major international law firms.