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Elaine Durrant - Partner

Specialisms: International and business tax planning and advice.
Chartered accountant
Chartered tax advisor
email: edurrant@milsted-langdon.co.uk

Elaine Durrant is an experienced tax advisor, particularly in the areas of business tax, corporation tax, international tax ,VAT and tax litigation. After training in the audit department of Price Waterhouse in Birmingham she began her career in tax in 1992.

Elaine worked on a broad range of large and small clients for Price Waterhouse, Robson Rhodes and KPMG in Birmingham and finally KPMG's international tax team in London. Elaine then spent eight years working for Capital One Bank, rising to the position of senior director heading up their European tax department. Elaine joined Milsted Langdon as a Tax Partner in May 2007 and is able to bring the wealth of experience she has gained in a rapidly growing commercial organisation to service our clients.

Detailed Summary of Experience

During her time as a tax advisor Elaine has acted for individuals, partners, trusts, sole traders, companies and groups. She feels it is important that the tax solutions enable the business or the family to grow in a way that suits them and is committed to providing a full service from inception of any process to the final settlement with the tax authorities, if required. She has vast experience of working with other professionals and believes in providing the client with "joined up thinking". She has also worked on a broad range of transactions which include:-

• The tax aspects of due diligence and structuring associated with acquisitions and disposals of trades and companies
• Company flotations
• Overseas investment into the UK
• Expansion overseas
• Employee issues
• Tax efficient funding strategies
• VAT planning
• Dispute management including complex negotiation with tax authorities
• Property transactions
• Capital Allowances issues
• Taxation of financial derivatives