Biography
Aron has extensive experience advising across the full spectrum of private funds, including private equity, venture capital, infrastructure, real estate and credit, and the management teams of private funds, including in relation to carried interest and co-investment structuring and management buy-outs/spin-outs. Aron also advises fund managers and large cornerstone investors on GP-stake transactions and GP-led secondaries and fund restructurings.
Clients describe Aron as “a valued partner to the business who supports us in commercial discussions with our clients. His advice is typically practical, with clear recommendations, which avoids prolonged negotiation.” Others have said “Aron Joy and his team provide excellent support on tax issues arising during the fund establishment and fund raising process. They are always on top of the issues and willing to make themselves available at short notice.” And “he has very good technical knowledge and has been able to highlight key operational issues that a client should be aware of.”.
Aron acts for wide range of leading investment managers, including Actis, ARA, Argos Wityu, AshGrove, Astarte, bd-capital Partners, Bregal Investments, Brookfield, CapMan, Castleforge, Cheyne Capital, Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Dalmore, Montagu, General Atlantic, Generation Investment Management, Graphite Capital Partners, ICG, InfraRed, I Squared, Just Climate, Lazard Asset Management, M&G Catalyst, Oakley Capital, PAI, Patrizia, River & Mercantile, Stanley Capital, Syntagma Capital, Union Real Estate, Victory Advisers and Yoo Capital, major private-equity players such as Advent, Lone Star and OMERS, and private equity investor clients such as Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, OP Trust, PSP and CDPQ.
Aron represents Weil as an active member of various associations, such as the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and the Stamp Taxes Practitioners Group.
Prior to joining Weil, Aron worked in the Investment Management Tax team at one of the ‘Big 4’ accounting firms, focusing primarily on structuring, transactional and advisory work for investment manager clients. Prior to that, Aron was an associate in the Corporate Tax team of a leading international law firm.
Firm News & Announcements, Latest Thinking
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises InfraRed Capital Partners on Fundraising of $1 Billion InfraRed Infrastructure Fund VI Deal Brief — December 03, 2024
- Weil Advises Apse Capital Limited on the Closing of a €350 Million Continuation Fund Firm Announcement — November 27, 2024
Latest Thinking
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Carried Interest: UK Tax Reform
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Aron Joy and
Daniella Abel
— November 04, 2024
On 30 October 2024, the Chancellor delivered the Autumn Budget which included an announcement on the highly anticipated changes to the taxation of carried interest in the UK. A potential overhaul of the UK taxation of carried interest and the extent of that overhaul has been hotly debated since the Labour party published its Manifesto
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UK Autumn Budget 2024: Tax Update
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Jenny Doak,
Aron Joy,
Oliver Walker,
Erica Rees,
Ellie Marques,
Daniella Abel,
Kevin Donegan,
Lizl Loubser,
Anna Ritchie and
Sean Wright
— October 30, 2024
On 30 October 2024, Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her highly anticipated Autumn Budget, marking not only the Chancellor’s first budget (and indeed the first budget ever delivered by a female Chancellor) but also the first Labour budget in 14 years. It is fair to say that the past few weeks and months have been full
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Member States Update EU List of Non-Cooperative Tax Jurisdictions on 8 October 2024
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Aron Joy
— October 16, 2024
On 8 October 2024, the EU published an update to its so-called “Blacklist” of jurisdictions that are not cooperative for tax purposes and “Grey List” of cooperative jurisdictions that have not yet fully met their commitments to improve their tax good governance. The Blacklist and Grey List were last revised in February 2024 (as noted on
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UK Tax Digest
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Jenny Doak,
Aron Joy,
Oliver Walker,
Erica Rees and
Daniella Abel
— August 13, 2024
Welcome to the August 2024 edition of the UK Tax Digest, featuring a roundup of various recent tax developments. Following the announcement on 22nd May that the UK would hold a general election on 4th July, we had been closely monitoring the parties’ stances on tax policy, as outlined in our June blog on Tax
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Tax and the General Election 2024: The Manifestos
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Oliver Walker,
Jenny Doak,
Aron Joy,
Sean Wright and
Erica Rees
— June 14, 2024
On 22 May 2024, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the UK would hold a general election on 4 July. In the weeks following that announcement, there has been mounting speculation regarding the tax measures that each party might adopt if successful. During the week commencing 10 June, the incumbent Conservatives, Labour and the
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