Dominic is a partner in our Tax practice and co-head of our Tax Disputes practice. Dominic advises businesses on all areas of tax law and his practice includes:
- structuring and other tax aspects of M&A, demergers, joint ventures and other corporate finance transactions
- tax enquiries and disputes in the UK and overseas
- standalone tax advisory work, including group reorganisations, bank levy, transfer pricing, Pillar 2, and the tax treatment of IP
Highlights include advising:
- Shawbrook Group on its initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange, the largest domestic UK IPO since 2021
- NatWest Group on its £2.7 billion acquisition of Evelyn Partners, creating the UK’s largest Private Banking and Wealth Management business
- GSK on various matters, including the demerger of its consumer healthcare business to form Haleon (having previously advised on the creation of GSK’s global consumer healthcare joint ventures with Novartis and Pfizer)
- Dalmore Capital on its acquisition by Royal London
- Dowlais on its £1.2 billion takeover by American Axle
- BlueCrest on its Supreme Court appeal with respect to the salaried member rules
- Credit Suisse on its successful bank payroll tax appeal
- Various clients on resolving large-scale transfer pricing disputes with HMRC, both unilaterally and through MAP
Dominic is ranked as a leading lawyer, for both tax and tax disputes, in Chambers and Legal500. Dominic is Deputy Chair of the UK branch of the International Fiscal Association and a trustee of the Social Mobility Business Partnership.
“Dominic Robertson is our go-to tax advisor in the UK market. I would never regret taking his advice. He is excellent, knowledgeable, diligent and commercially sharp.” Chambers UK 2026
“Dominic is very calm and measured. He is such a safe pair of hands, is very reassuring and provides great client care of course. He is fantastic.” Chambers UK 2026
"Dominic Robertson is just so bright. Really pragmatic and gets to the heart of the issue." Legal500 2026