About David
David Nisbet is a partner in the Tax Strategy & Benefits Practice and has a wealth of experience advising on the tax aspects of a wide range of UK and international transactional and advisory matters.
He has a particular focus on structuring funds and private equity transactions for financial sponsors and senior management teams.
David is a chartered tax adviser and is recognised in The Legal 500 UK for his “excellent knowledge” of the industry. He also gained experience as an in-house tax counsel while on secondment to a private equity fund in Luxembourg.
Experience
- Advising numerous private equity funds on acquisitions, reorganisations, refinancings, management incentive arrangements and exits, and the tax efficient structuring of such transactions.
- Advising the senior fund managers of a UK private equity fund on their complex carried interest arrangements.
- Advising on the formation of a private equity fund targeting UK and European investments.
- Advising on the formation of a private equity fund targeting investments in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in southern Africa.
- Advising on the formation of a £100 million-plus real estate fund targeting regional commercial real estate development opportunities in the UK.
- Advising numerous senior management teams on the personal tax implications of private equity-backed management buyouts and related transactions, including advising the senior management team of a UK business on the £1 billion-plus merger with a German business.
Credentials
Education
- Glasgow Graduate School of Law, Diploma of Legal Practice, 2006
- University of Glasgow, LL.B., (Hons), 2005
Admissions
- England and Wales (Registered Foreign Lawyer), 2012
- Scotland, 2009
Expertise
Services
- Tax Strategy & Benefits
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