Matheson is delighted to announce that Caroline Austin has been recognised as both the Tax Rising Star and the Jurisdictional Winner in Ireland at the Rising Stars Awards EMEA 2021 along with Stephen Gardiner being named as the Aviation Rising Star. These awards recognise the outstanding work being done by both these individuals and are being acknowledged for the astounding work being accomplished in their practice areas.
Caroline is a partner in our tax department which is significantly the largest tax practice group amongst Irish law firms with over 40 lawyers and tax advisers and 17 partners and tax principals. Caroline advises on cross border tax planning, transfer pricing, tax controversy matters and inward investment projects. Caroline also has extensive experience in international corporate restructurings as well as mergers and acquisitions on an international and national level.
The tax department recently won Irish Tax Firm of the Year and Irish Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year at the ITR EMEA Tax Awards for the second consecutive year. To find out more about our tax department, click here: https://www.matheson.com/services/tax
Stephen is a partner in our market leading and dedicated Aviation Finance and Transportation Group. Stephen routinely advises aircraft lessors, financial institutions, airlines and other aviation industry participants on the acquisition, trading, financing, leasing and repossession of aircraft and related parts. His practice also includes the establishment of corporate structures in Ireland to facilitate the acquisition and cross-border deployment of a variety of transportation assets.
The Asset Finance Group has been recently ranked as Tier 1 firm by Legal 500 2021. To find out more about our Aviation Finance and Transportation Group, click here: https://www.matheson.com/services/aviation-finance-and-transportation
You can find out more about the Rising Stars Awards EMEA 2021 announcement here: https://www.iflr.com/article/b1thybzf1ql0nz/rising-stars-awards-emea-2021-winners-announced