Manager (Solicitor) - Tax Disputes

KPMG United Kingdom; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services firm is seeking a Disputes Manager to join their expanding legal team. The role involves providing legal input into potential disputes, managing litigation in various courts, and helping to draft key legal documents. Candidates should be qualified solicitors with extensive tax litigation experience. This position offers opportunities for professional growth within a dynamic multidisciplinary environment.

Qualifications

• Experience across corporate taxes and indirect taxes.
• Ability to build relationships within KPMG and with clients.
• Strong academic background.

Responsibilities

• Provide early legal and technical input into disputes with HMRC.
• Prepare first drafts of pleadings and correspondence.
• Manage group litigation cases and prepare for hearings.

Skills

Tax litigation experience

Relationship building skills

Organizational skills

Technical drafting skills

Education

Qualified solicitor

Job description

Disputes Manager

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Job description

KPMG Legal Services sits within KPMG Tax. The Legal Services Team provides multidisciplinary services to clients, with a vision to be the legal adviser of choice for KPMG's clients on people, corporate structures, internal arrangements, regulatory requirements and disputes with HMRC. KPMG is regulated by the SRA as a multi-disciplinary practice. Core corporate, commercial and employment law teams, and a market leading tax litigation team are in place; over the next few years, these teams will grow and Legal Services will expand into other areas of law that fit within its vision and the needs of KPMG's clients.

Why you might want to join KPMG Legal Services:

• You can see the advantages of professional advice being provided within a multidisciplinary team.
• You are ambitious and perceive the wealth of opportunities presented by a start-up legal practice in a leading global professional services firm.
• You want the opportunity to develop client relationships and KPMG's legal services capabilities.
• You are excited by the idea of being a founding member of a team that will grow significantly.
• You want to broaden your experience and become a more rounded professional.
• You want to achieve a sustainable work-life balance.

Role and responsibilities

You will help the team with the following service offerings:

• (i) Early legal and technical input into potential disputes with HMRC.
• (ii) Reviewing a variety of ideas and situations and appraising for litigation risk.
• (iii) Litigation in the Tax Tribunals, High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and ECJ.

This will include:

• (i) First drafts of pleadings such as notices of appeal and witness statements.
• (ii) First draft correspondence, advice and reports.
• (iii) Legal research.
• (iv) Case management of 'group litigation' cases.
• (v) Preparing for hearing including preparing bundles of documents and authorities.
• (vi) Instructions to Counsel, attending Conferences and preparing settled notes.
• (vii) General litigation support.
• (viii) Delegation to junior team members.

Education and qualifications

The applicant will be a tax litigation lawyer with experience in litigation and/or tax dealing with commercial clients. In addition, a successful applicant will have the ability to get up to speed quickly on tax technical matters and be keen to continue developing his/her legal skills and engage in new areas of work. The applicant must be able to demonstrate his/her ability to build relationships across KPMG or with clients. Good relationship building skills and organisation skills are essential for a high level of collaboration with the rest of the firm.

The successful applicant will help promote the team's work through participating in team and wider firm events.

Experience Required

It is expected that the successful applicant will be a qualified solicitor. They will have experience across a number of taxes, in particular corporate taxes and indirect taxes. They must have tax litigation experience (i.e. not just general litigation experience) and previous experience in a similar role with a law firm or Big 4 practice is essential. They will have experience with and a good understanding of the procedure before the UK Tribunals.

Strong academic, technical, drafting and personal skills are essential.