Tony Beare

• T  +44 (0)20 7090 5023 (Direct line)
• E  tony.beare@slaughterandmay.com

• London 
• One Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YY

Tony's practice covers all direct taxes, stamp duty and value added tax but, in particular, corporate tax.

His main area of expertise is structured finance but he also has considerable experience in private and public mergers and acquisitions and debt and equity capital market transactions.

Highlights include advising:

• British Airways on its merger with Iberia
• Uniq on the conversion of its pension liability into equity
• Talisman Energy on the acquisition of BP Exploration Company (Colombia) Limited
• Fidelity China Special Situations plc on the issue of 166.25 million C shares for a price of £1.00 per share by way of an open offer

Tony is listed as a leading individual in the Tax section of Chambers UK, 2012; Chambers Europe, 2011; Chambers Global, 2011  and in the Corporate Tax section of The Legal 500, 2011.