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Iain
Scoon
Partner
Education
University of St. Andrews, M.A., 1991
Practice
Iain Scoon is a partner in the firm’s Tax Group, resident in London, and is a specialist in international and UK corporate taxation. He advises on the international and UK direct and indirect tax aspects of a wide range of matters, including: mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganisations; structured finance and securitisation; derivatives; domestic and international banking; project finance; real estate finance, development and investment; investment funds; capital markets issues; and tax investigations. Mr. Scoon is cited as a leading corporate tax lawyer in Chambers Guide to the UK legal profession, The Legal 500 and The Legal Experts guide.
Experience
- Tata Steel on its $469 million sale of Teesside Cast Products to Sahaviriya Steel Industries of Thailand and related joint venture to operate Redcar Wharf
- New England Sports Ventures on its acquisition of Liverpool Football Club
- African Barrick Gold plc on its £2.3 billion IPO on the main market of the London Stock Exchange
- ICE on its establishment of a CDS central counterparty in Europe and the United States
- Aabar Investments PJSC on the acquisition by Aabar and Daimler AG of a majority shareholding in Brawn GP, winner of the 2009 Formula 1 constructors’ and drivers’ championships
- Qatar Investment Authority on its participation in the £1 billion recapitalisation of Songbird Estates plc, the majority owner of Canary Wharf Group plc
- International Petroleum Investment Company on its disposal of a 13.5% stake in Barclays plc and of £1.25 billion of Reserve Capital Investments of Barclays Bank plc
- International Petroleum Investment Company on its £3.25 billion participation in the £7 billion capital raising of Barclays plc
- Abu Dhabi United Group on the acquisition of Manchester City Football Club
- Credit Suisse Group and other institutions as majority equity owners in the restructuring of the Danoptra Gaming Group
- AIG in connection with its acquisitions of various investments in European real estate
- Nokia Corporation on the establishment, together with Siemens, of the Nokia Siemens Networks joint venture
- Stanhope in connection with the reorganisation of the Stanhope Group and several real estate development projects
- Various hedge fund investors on their investment to finance the takeover of Manchester United
- Hypo Real Estate on the consolidation of its worldwide international real estate financing business
- Viacom and Vivendi on their sale of United Cinemas International to Terra Firma
- AngloGold in connection with its acquisition of Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited
- Eurazeo SA on the formation of a joint venture with Colony Capital LLC to invest in European real estate
- WestLB AG as arranger in 2002 of £425 million of senior debt for the construction of the English national stadium at Wembley
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
England and Wales
Languages
French
German
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