Morgan Lewis

Neil McKnight

Associate

Neil advises on a full range of corporate, finance, and real estate tax matters, including corporate mergers and acquisitions (both buy and sell side), reorganisations, and real estate acquisitions, disposals and investment transactions. Neil has a particular interest in indirect tax and VAT matters relating to cross-border transactions (particularly in the TMT sector), eCommerce, and financial services.

Education

  • University of Oxford, 2006, J.D., Jurisprudence

Admissions

  • England & Wales (Solicitor)

Awards and Affiliations

Member, Practice Group of the Year, Tax, Law360 (2017)

Chartered Tax Advisor (Chartered Institute of Taxation)

Publications

5/3/2019 - Aspects of UK CFC Rules Constitute Unlawful State Aid, Bloomberg Tax

4/8/2019 - UK HMRC Increases Focus on Combatting Tax Evasion

4/3/2019 - European Commission: Certain Aspects of UK Controlled Foreign Company Rules Constitute Illegal State Aid

2/11/2019 - Tax Warranties and Indemnities on M&A Transactions and Insurance, Bloomberg Tax

1/29/2019 - Cryptoassets: UK and US Approach Transactions in Similar Manner, International Tax Review

1/9/2019 - HM Revenue & Customs Publishes Guidance on UK Taxation of Cryptoassets

11/9/2018 - UK Government Launches Consultation on Design of ‘Digital Services Tax’

News

6/25/2018 - Morgan Lewis Advises Global Processing Services in Dunedin £44 Million Funding

11/1/2017 - Morgan Lewis Advises Pantheon International Plc on Share Capital Reorganization