Ellie Marques

Counsel London

Biography

Ellie Marques is counsel in the London Tax team. She advises clients on a broad range of complex UK and international corporate tax matters with particular focus on providing tax advice in relation to private equity and general corporate M&A transactions and reorganisations.

Ellie also advises on complex cross-border structuring, VAT, banking and leveraged finance tax matters, management equity/incentives, tax litigation and corporates establishing a taxable UK presence.

Ellie has, as part of the Tax team, advised a number of major corporates and private equity houses. Recent representative experience includes advising:

Bain Capital on the acquisition of 60% of Kantar from WPP Group
Bain capital on its £1.2bn takeover of esure Group
Advent International on the acquisition of Transaction Services Group, and various bolt-on tax matters pertaining to this transaction
Campbell Soup Company on the sale of the Kettle chips business
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. on various UK matters
Antin Infrastructure on the auction sale of their ownership in Kellas (CATS) UK pipeline network
Graphite Capital on various structuring and fundraising matters
Montagu Private Equity on the acquisition of OASIS Group, a leading records and information management company in Europe

Practice Areas

Admissions

England & Wales (Solicitor)

Education

University of Oxford (MSc, 2.1, 2009)

Awards and Recognition, Speaking Engagements, Guides and Resources, Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements

Latest Thinking

The Finance Act 2020: Provisions for Joint and Several Tax Liability for Directors, Managers, Shareholders and Lenders Blog Post — Tax Blog — By Oliver Walker, Natasha Ayres and Ellie Marques — August 07, 2020

The Finance Act 2020 provides that directors, managers, shareholders, lenders and others can be made jointly and severally liable for the outstanding tax debts of insolvent (or potentially insolvent) companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs). From 22 July, officers of HMRC may, if they consider the various conditions are met, issue a notice to directors

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Mini-Budget 2020: Stamp Duty and VAT Announcements Blog Post — Tax Blog — By Jenny Doak, Aron Joy, Oliver Walker and Ellie Marques — July 08, 2020

The UK Chancellor announced a number of measures today (8 July 2020) to boost the economy in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown. These included two tax cuts to VAT and stamp duty in an attempt to get the hospitality and housing sectors “bustling again”. VAT will be cut from 20% to 5% for the

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New Tax Developments For Insolvency and Restructuring Deals Blog Post — Weil Restructuring — By Oliver Walker and Ellie Marques — May 17, 2019
Farnborough – appointment of a receiver and tax grouping The Court of Appeal recently handed down its judgment in the case of Farnborough Airport Properties Co and another v Revenue and Customs Commissioners ...
Demergers - Breaking Up is Never Easy Publication — PLC Magazine — By Oliver Walker, Erica Rees and Ellie Marques — PDF — September 2017

Firm News & Announcements

Weil Advised Antin Infrastructure Partners on the Sale of Kellas Midstream to BlackRock and GIC Deal Brief — January 30, 2020
Weil Advises Cornell Capital and KDC/ONE in KDC’s Acquisition of Swallowfield’s Manufacturing Business Deal Brief — July 16, 2019

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