Sean Wright

Associate London

Biography

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Sean Wright is an associate in the London Tax Department. Sean advises clients on a broad range of UK and international corporate and finance tax matters. His experience includes advising on complex financings, M&A and private equity transactions, tax insurance matters and cross-border restructurings and reorganisations.
Prior to joining Weil, Sean worked in the tax team at a leading global firm in London.

Latest Thinking

Latest Thinking

  • UK Spring Budget 2024: Tax Update Blog Post — Tax Blog — By Jenny Doak, Aron Joy, Oliver Walker, Erica Rees and Sean Wright — March 07, 2024

    On 6 March 2024, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his Spring Budget. In the days preceding the Budget there had been mounting speculation that the Chancellor would cut personal taxes by reducing rates of income tax or National Insurance contributions (NICs). In the event, Chancellor Hunt did not disappoint and announced a further reduction in NICs,

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  • Labour’s Plans for Business Taxation Blog Post — Tax Blog — By Oliver Walker and Sean Wright — February 19, 2024

    As the next United Kingdom general election approaches, the Labour Party’s business tax proposals are beginning to take shape. On Thursday 1 February 2024, the Labour Party published a report entitled “Business Partnership for Growth”, timed to coincide with its Business Conference, where it was unveiled by the party leader, Keir Starmer, and his Shadow

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  • UK AUTUMN STATEMENT 2023: TAX UPDATE Blog Post — Tax Blog — By Jenny Doak, Aron Joy, Oliver Walker, Kevin Donegan, Enda Kerin, Erica Rees, Sean Wright and Mila Kostadinova — November 22, 2023
    On 22 November 2023, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his Autumn Statement, potentially the last such statement to precede the next UK general election.Despite mounting speculation over the past few days, there were no rabbits in the Chancellor’s hat, and today’s announcements were broadly in keeping with expectations. The headline items included the announcement that the current full expensing policy for businesses will be made permanent – a move which the Chancellor heralded as “the biggest business tax cut in modern British history” – and various changes to National Insurance contributions (NICs), including a reduction of the main rate and the abolition of Class 2 NICs for self-employed individuals. ...