James Gopsill Bio

James’s core skill is working out what the tax consequences are for clients when they enter into transactions which involve the movement, alteration, creation or the provision of assets, liabilities or services. His clients mainly comprise larger corporates whether or not UK resident, but he also regularly advises high net worth individuals, partnerships and families. James has been a tax lawyer since 1997 and a corporate tax partner since 2006. During that time he was also been the consulting editor for LexisNexis Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents for VAT on Property, Stamp Duty Land Tax, Stamp Duty Reserve Tax and Stamp Duty. In 2004 he wrote the SDLT commentary for the Encyclopaedia. He is a member of the Property Taxes Committee of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. He recently edited the chapters “Selling a Company” and “Buying a Company” in Tolley’s Tax Planning. He is the author of the VAT chapter in the Law of Yachts and Yachting (which deals with, primarily, the UK, French and Italian VAT treatment of the sale, charter, export, import and provisioning of superyachts) and has recently edited “Receivers and VAT” for LexisNexis PSL.