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Sara is the Senior Partner and head of the commercial tax group. She has been advising private clients at Boodle Hatfield for over fifteen years with particular emphasis on integrating the tax requirements of their business life into their overall planning strategies. She specialises in providing full service transactional advice and commercial tax planning advice to private clients who are owner-managers or stakeholders in family businesses, whether they hold their interests through onshore or offshore vehicles, as well as trust companies, property developers, investors and entrepreneurs. She advises on all the tax aspects of corporate and property transactions including Stamp Duty Land Tax and VAT.
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