Our Team
Meet our team of expert tax specialists
Our specialist team of corporate tax and SDLT experts are senior lawyers and advisors with in-depth experience of providing the highest quality business tax advice. Our clients instruct us on the full range of business tax legal issues, including tax-related guidance on and negotiation of transactions, advice on business tax issues and corporate structures, and tax-related disputes. We advise property purchasers on all their SDLT questions, including whether reliefs can be claimed or whether a surcharge applies.
Charles Goddard
Charles Goddard is a solicitor with over 20 years' experience of advising on the corporate tax aspects of a wide range of corporate and financial transactions. Charles’ practice covers advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures, real estate structures, financings (including asset-based deals) and management incentives. Charles also advises regularly on the SDLT treatment of residential property transactions.
He has been recommended by both Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners ("an excellent deal adviser"). Prior to joining Rosetta Tax, he was a partner in the Corporate Tax team of Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP and qualified at Slaughter and May. He is the author of the Losses chapter in Tolleys Tax Planning and writes regularly for other tax industry publications.
Charles’ clients range from multinational blue-chip institutions to private individuals and many are international groups or cross-border investors.
Chambers & Partners has recognised Charles as:
“an excellent deal adviser”Charles has been recognised for his corporate tax expertise by the Times newspaper:
Rosetta Tax has been ranked as one of the Times’ Best 100 Law Firms.
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Lee Parbery
Lee is an experienced solicitor who has specialised in corporate tax for over 20 years. Lee’s principal focus is advising on the tax issues that arise on corporate transactions together with the tax-related documentation for such transactions and also on real estate transactions. In particular, Lee specialises in stamp duty land tax having advised extensively on all aspects of the tax since its introduction in 2003 and in the VAT related issues that arise on property transactions.
Lee previously worked at Womble Bond Dickinson and its predecessor firms where his practice encompassed advising on business tax for corporate and private clients (both in the owner-managed business sector and institutional/quoted clients) across a range of sectors but with a particular focus on the real estate sector.
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Debbie South
Debbie joined Rosetta Tax in June 2019 as practice manager. Debbie ensures smooth running of the practice, which includes overseeing all business functions from compliance and client on-boarding to finance and marketing.
Debbie brings 18 years experience of client servicing and heading of operational functions within the financial services industry to Rosetta Tax. She believes that the client experience of a firm is paramount and so makes sure that all our processes have client service at their core.
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Our tax services
Business tax advice
We are highly experienced corporate tax lawyers, giving tailored advice on all aspects of business tax, including transaction advice and contract negotiation.
Stamp duty and SDLT advice
Our experienced team can help you unravel your knotty stamp duty problems when acquiring property or property shares.
