Biography

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:
- Wren House Infrastructure on the acquisition of Voyage Healthcare, a sector leading provider of care for people with learning disabilities, autism, brain injuries and other complex needs
- 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
- The Campbell's 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
Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements
Latest Thinking
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No double tax relief for “stapled” company
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Jenny Doak and
Ellie Marques
— October 18, 2024
In The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (“HMRC”) v GE Financial Investments (“GEFI”) [2024] EWCA Civ 797, the Court of Appeal was asked to determine whether GEFI was a resident of the United States for the purposes of the UK-US double tax treaty (the “Treaty”) and thus entitled to double tax relief (“Issue
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The Stamp Taxes Framework: Proposals for Modernisation
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Jenny Doak,
Ellie Marques and
Erica Rees
— May 26, 2023
On 27 April 2023 (and as noted in a previous blog, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) launched a consultation on the government’s proposals to modernise the “Stamp Taxes on Shares framework”. ...
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises Montagu on the Financing of its Acquisition of Multifonds Deal Brief — May 30, 2025
- Weil Advises General Atlantic’s BeyondNetZero Fund on Investment in Wireless Logic Deal Brief — May 16, 2025