Tim’s passion lies in helping his clients maximise their wealth through successful tax planning for the future. Whether you are seeking a solution on the most efficient way to implement your inheritance plans or would simply like some plain-English advice on your tax liabilities, Tim is expertly placed to offer you a highly professional and personalised service.

Having previously worked for HMRC, Tim Cook can use his insights to assist with HMRC investigations and ensure that you are informed at all times, and can offer you clear and simple advice throughout the process.

His technical areas of expertise include tax planning, pensions, emigration and trusts. Tim works with entrepreneurs, and families from a wide range of backgrounds, based both in the UK and overseas.

Tim Cook joined Wilder Coe in 1996 and was made Tax Partner in 2001.

Professional Memberships

• Affiliate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Professional Areas of Expertise

• Tax Planning
• Pension Planning
• Inheritance Tax
• Trusts
• HM Revenue and Customs Investigations
• International Tax
• Capital Gains Tax

Sectors of Expertise

• Entrepreneurs
• High Net-Worth Individuals

Read Tim Cook’s latest insights:

• Wilder Coe appoints two Tax Partners - 2 Apr 24
• Economic Crime Levy - 25 Apr 23
• UK IHT (Inheritance Tax) and planning strategies recording - 4 Jul 22

Jamie Muirhead is a tax partner at Wilder Coe Ltd since April 2024, based in the City of London.

He advises on all aspects of UK tax compliance, with a particular focus on corporate and business taxes and cross-border work, and currently leads the Corporation Tax team at Wilder Coe Ltd.

Jamie also provides commercially focused tax advice to large corporate groups, international businesses and owner-managed companies across the full spectrum of UK business taxes.

He is experienced leading cross-border tax projects, M&A transaction support assignments, restructuring and reorganisation, and strategic advisory work, including to private equity-backed businesses and investors, and is known for providing practical, commercially driven advice aligned to wider business objectives.

He is a Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA) and a Chartered Accountant (ACA)

Areas of Expertise

• UK corporation tax and business taxes
• Cross-border & international tax
• Large corporate groups
• Transaction tax, M&A transaction support and tax covenant advice
• Tax-efficient acquisition and finance Structuring
• Tax due diligence
• Tax efficient exit structuring
• Group reorganisations
• HMRC enquiries & tax risk management
• Tax expert witness work and tax advice in the context of disputes

Experience

Jamie advises businesses on complex corporation tax and wider business tax matters, with particular expertise in transactions, structuring and international tax issues.

Representative experience includes:

• Advising on a series of complex deals in the hospitality sector, from refinancing with an international private credit lender on gross assets in excess of £1billion, to a landmark hotel sale in central London.
• Assisting an overseas buyer on the purchase of a small UK trading business, using both group and 3^rd party funds, delivering tax efficient finance and acquisition structuring advice and implementation assistance, together with due diligence and SPA support.
• Assist UK and international groups on cross-border structuring, expansion projects and tax risk management, including in respect of international employees and global talent acquisition, managing payroll, VAT and permanent establishment risk.
• Advise an emerging VC fund on the restructure of investment holdings and financing loans to facilitate future growth plans.
• Assist an owner managed cross boarder group on a tax efficient management incentive plan and ‘buy-in’.
• Advising large corporate groups on tax governance, risk management and HMRC matters, group interest and loss planning, and on implementation of the response to legislative changes, including the corporate interest restriction, electricity generator levy and pillar 2.
• Providing expert advice and input on commercial matters including tax cashflow modelling and investment analysis.
• Acting as tax expert and advisor in commercial disputes and litigation matters, including in respect of a liquidated damages claim under an SPA, shareholder disputes, and the quantification of latent uncrystallised tax liabilities in a family dispute with cross-boarder marital assets.

Jamie works closely with boards, CFOs, investors, lawyers and corporate finance advisers to deliver commercially focused solutions on complex tax matters.

Professional Memberships

• Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT)

Qualifications

• BA (Hons) Cantab
• ACA
• CTA

Pauline is a leading specialist in Stamp Taxes, who provides practical, tailored advice across corporate and real estate transactions, with a particular focus on corporate restructuring and M&A transactions across multiple jurisdictions. She advises on the stamp duty and stamp duty land tax implications of transactions, working closely with lawyers and advisors in UK and offshore jurisdictions to ensure that the implementation of the transaction and the transfer of assets is carried out in accordance with the strict requirements of the legislation in order to benefit from available reliefs. She also acts as deal lead on M & A projects involving corporate and asset purchases.

She has wide-ranging experience in the delivery of company reorganisations, and setting up new holding structures for clients, as well as expertise in the fields of pre-IPO planning, debt/equity swaps, re-financing and offshore security arrangements. She also works extensively with many leading independent hoteliers.

Having started her career with HMRC in the Stamp Office Pauline previously spent 14 years in professional practice with KPMG as a Stamp Taxes specialist before joining Wilder Coe Ltd as a partner in 2016.

This is what clients say about working with Pauline on property transactions…

I can honestly say that my stress levels were at the max. When you joined in and helped push it all along, I felt such comfort. There were steps that I/we could not have known to take. I saw you guiding us through it all and I am beyond grateful that you were willing to do that. In today’s world, you don’t see this often!

Qualifications

• BA (Hons), University College Cardiff
• Member, Stamp Taxes Practitioners Group

Professional memberships

• Member of the Stamp Taxes Practitioners Group

Professional Areas of Expertise

• Stamp duty
• Stamp duty land tax (SDLT)
• Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED)
• M & A

Sectors of Expertise

• Property investors and funds
• Hotel groups
• Non-resident landlords
• Financial services
• Not for Profit Housing Providers

Read Pauline Hudd’s latest insights:

• Increase in the rate of Stamp Duty Land Tax for purchases of additional dwellings - 30 Oct 24
• Closing the Tax Gap - 10 Jul 24

With over 35 years’ experience, Mark advises individuals and businesses on complex UK tax matters, including issues effecting those moving to or from the UK or holding UK assets while living overseas. He provides clear, strategic advice focused on managing tax exposure both now and for the future.

Mark is known for building strong, long-term client relationships and for his proactive, pragmatic approach. He joined Wilder Coe in April 2024 as Associate Personal Tax Partner and was appointed Personal Tax Partner in October 2024.

Specialisms

• UK tax compliance and tax mitigation planning
• Internationally mobile families and individuals
• Athletes, performers, agents, clubs and associations within the sports, media &
  entertainment industries
• Property and land-related tax matters
• HMRC negotiations, voluntary disclosures, and enquiries
• Business and company start-ups
• Tax-efficient remuneration and succession, retirement, and exit planning
• Trust, estate, and inheritance tax planning

Professional Memberships:

Fellow of the Association of Taxation Technicians - (ATT) Fellow

Sarah has been part of Wilder Coe since 1996 and qualified as a Chartered Tax Adviser in 1998. She manages a varied portfolio of high-net-worth individuals, including Lloyd’s names, self-employed professionals, and barristers.

Alongside preparing annual tax returns, Sarah assists clients with a wide range of personal tax matters, providing a friendly, professional and personal service. She has worked closely with Tax Partner Tim Cook for many years, supporting clients with clear, reliable tax advice.

Professional Memberships

• A Member of the Association of Tax Technicians
• Chartered Institute of Taxation

Qualifications

• BA (Hons) Accounting