Thomas Reyes

Thomas Reyes joined the firm as Of Counsel in 2019 after twenty-two years in tax practice, including eleven leading the tax group of a national firm. He is both a lawyer and a chartered accountant, which is why he tends to be brought in before a transaction is structured rather than after it is questioned.

His advisory work covers direct and indirect tax across corporate transactions, cross-border arrangements, group reorganisations, holding structures and investment vehicles, together with the contemporaneous documentation that supports the position taken.

On the contentious side Thomas handles audits, assessments and reassessments, and appears before tax tribunals and appellate authorities. He has a particular focus on transfer pricing, where the defence depends almost entirely on documentation prepared years earlier.

Thomas mentors the firm's junior lawyers on the tax dimension of corporate work, on the principle that a corporate associate who cannot spot a tax issue will eventually create one.