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Anna Burchner

Partner

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English, Hungarian, German, Dutch

Anna Burchner is a partner in the Corporate Tax team at CMS UK.

She has experience in various areas of international tax with particular focus on funds, both in the regulated and unregulated sector. Her experience includes the structuring of fund products, listed and private funds (including venture capital), investments by funds and financial institutions, debt investments, group restructurings, M&A transactions, real estate investments and internationally mobile employees. She also has in depth experience in structuring investments into the UK and in transactional tax work, as well as transfer pricing projects

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Relevant experience

  • Takeda on its EUR 9.6bn acquisition of the Nycomed Group.
  • Coutts on tax risks of its cross border business in respect of over 60 overseas locations.
  • Commerzbank tax advice on structuring a French alternative fund with UK portfolio manager.
  • Riverside Company tax advice and structuring on the acquisition of the Fadata Group.
  • Structuring work for the Enterprise Innovation Fund (ENIF), where cornerstone investors are EBRD, EIF, KfW and Western Balkan governments.
  • Bouwfonds on due diligence and advice on the sale of a fund portfolio involving UK property.
  • Tax structuring advice on various inbound UK property (hotel) investments.
  • Willis Towers Watson on various fund investments, fund structuring, related FATCA and CRS matters.
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Education

  • 2005 - QLTT, College of Law
  • 2002 - LL.M in International and European Tax Law, University of Leiden
  • 2000 - Doctor of Law and Political Sciences, ELTE University Budapest
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Expertise

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09/08/2023
Luxembourg ratifies amendments to UK-Luxembourg tax treaty - key con­sid­er­a­tions...
On 19 July 2023 Luxembourg ratified the text of the new tax treaty between the UK and Luxembourg (the Treaty). The UK ratified the Treaty last year. Changes that we addressed in our previous article will...
04/05/2023
CMS Annual Tax Conference 2023
We are delighted to invite you to attend our annual CMS Tax Conference 2023.   Our special guest speaker Prof. Dr. Werner Haslehner, University of Luxembourg, will describe how the EU tax environment has evolved over the past few years and how Luxembourg is dealing with EU initiatives and developments in terms of economic substance.   A panel of CMS experts will then discuss the position of foreign jurisdictions when it comes to analyse the economic substance of intermediate Luxembourg holding companies, taking into consideration notably the notion of beneficial ownership and the future requirements to be imposed by ATAD 3.   Towards the end of the conference you will have the opportunity to continue discussions and meet with CMS experts in tax law from across Europe during a drink on the amazing rooftop of the conference venue "SixSeven". Agenda 16:30 - 17:00:  Registration & welcome drinks17:00 - 17:05 : Welcome - Frédéric Feyten, Managing Partner CMS Luxembourg17:05 - 17:30: Opening Keynote - Prof. Dr. Werner Haslehner, University of Luxembourg17:45 - 18:30: Roundtable dis­cus­sion: Mod­er­ated by Frédéric Feyten (CMS Lux­em­bourg)Ag­nès de l'Estoile-Campi (CMS France)Tillman Kempf (CMS Germany)Carlo Gnetti (CMS Italy)Diego de Miguel Hernando (CMS Spain)Anna Burcher (CMS UK)from 18:30: Networking drinks
15/12/2022
Government launches consultation: VAT treatment of fund management
On 9 December 2022, the UK Government published a technical consultation on proposed reform of the VAT rules on fund management. Its scope is fairly limited, aiming to improve legal clarity and certainty...
06/12/2021
Climate change taxation reforms and incentives in the UK
1. Has your country ratified the Paris Agreement?  Yes (ratified in 2016) 2. Has your country introduced environmental taxes? 2.1 Energy taxes Climate Change Levy (CCL) on electricity, gas and solid...
17/08/2021
CMS advises WOW Tech Group on > EUR 1 bn business combination with Lovehoney...
Munich – WOW Tech Group and Lovehoney, two of the global leaders for sexual wellness products, join forces. Together with Swiss brand Amorana – acquired by Lovehoney in 2020 – they now form the...
23/02/2021
Life Sciences Quarterly Update - Brexit Implications for the MedTech Sector
We are delighted to invite you to our life sciences quarterly update webinar, ‘in view’. Our CMS team will be evaluating the wide ranging impacts of Brexit for those operating in the MedTech sector...
20/10/2020
OECD publishes blueprints for Unified Approach
The OECD has further progressed its work on addressing the tax challenges arising from the digital economy, building on its most recent report from July 2020. On 12 October 2020, the OECD published blueprints...
07/10/2020
UAE Economic Substance: Important Changes
We previously discussed the introduction of economic substance requirements in the UAE on 30 April 2019 in Law-Nows here and here. Its introduction meant that UAE entities were obliged to file economic...
10/08/2020
OECD reports updates on Unified Approach
On 18 July 2020, the OECD published further updates on its proposals to tackle the tax challenges arising from the digital economy, building on its previous announcements in October 2019 and January 2020...
04/06/2020
Tax Challenges in a Changing World
The ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic is a historic human crisis of immense complexity on a global scale. It is also resulting in an accelerated economic downturn which has caused governments to react...
03/06/2020
Landmark Court decision relating to UAE Federal Tax Authority penalties
Since the introduction of VAT in the United Arab Emirates on 1 January 2018, there have been some differing opinions with interpretation and application of the applicable VAT laws and regulations. This...
03/06/2020
UAE Economic Substance Notification
The deadlines for filing economic substance notifications are on the horizon (or indeed just passed). In order to comply with the regulations introduced on 1 January 2019 concerning economic substance...