Glasgow corporate tax specialist among Pinsent Masons 2017 partner promotions

International law firm Pinsent Masons has announced the promotion of 16 individuals to its partnership, including Glasgow-based tax specialist Christine Yuill.

Ms Yuill specialises in corporate and business tax, and employee share incentive schemes.

She advises on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint venture arrangements, reorganisations, property tax issues including VAT and SDLT as well as advising on the tax aspects of Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Venture Capital Trust (VCT) investments.

Eighty per cent of the those being promoted to partner specialise in the firm’s five global sectors; Energy, Financial Services, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Advanced Manufacturing and Technology.

Sixty-eight per cent of the promotions are women which means Pinsent Masons has surpassed its 2018 target of achieving 25 per cent female representation among its partnership, a year ahead of schedule.

The firm will now progress towards its longer term goal of 30 per cent female representation.

The promotion round also includes the first Pinsent Masons partner to be made up in Sydney since the office opened in 2015.

Barry McCaig, head of office, Glasgow, said: “Christine’s extensive knowledge of complex tax issues which impact on our corporate client base is an important part of the legal services we offer across Scotland and I am delighted to welcome her to the partnership.”

Richard Foley, senior partner of Pinsent Masons, said: “It is really inspiring to see the talent within our firm flourishing. We have worked hard to ensure a level playing field and all of those who have achieved this personal landmark have done so on merit and share our wider commitment to sector focus, legal excellence and innovation. This group will play a critical part in helping us achieve our vision of being seen as international market leader in our global sectors.”