Addleshaws launches tax disputes practice with five-strong Pinsents team

Addleshaw Goddard has launched its own tax disputes and investigations practice, bringing on board highly-rated partner Steven Porter, head of global tax disputes at Pinsent Masons, to lead the offering.

Porter joins with a four-strong team from Pinsents, which includes a director, a managing associate and two tax managers.

The group brings expertise advising corporate clients and high net worth individuals across a range of contentious issues, including HMRC investigations and disputes as well as employment, customs and property matters.

The hires mark a fresh expansion of Addleshaws’ tax practice, following the arrival of corporate and real estate tax specialist Kyle Rainsford from Travers Smith last June.

What they said

AG's head of investigations, Michelle de Kluyver, said: "Steven brings outstanding expertise across the full spectrum of HMRC interventions - from complex investigations and litigation to alternative dispute resolution - and is joined by four experienced colleagues who will strengthen our capabilities in this fast-evolving space."

Posting on LinkedIn, Porter said: "I remain grateful to Pinsents for the opportunities, experiences, and friendships built over the past decade and a half. It’s never easy to leave behind such talented colleagues - many of whom I’m lucky to call friends- but this next chapter was too exciting to pass up."