Partner

Andre Anthony

Solicitor Advocate | Head of Middle East Tax Desk | Co-Head of CMS Private Client Group

Languages

English
Malay

Andre Anthony is a Partner and Solicitor Advocate in the tax team. He is the head of the CMS Middle East Tax Desk and co-head of the CMS Private Client Group.

A chartered accountant and solicitor, Andre is a cross-border tax specialist who advises corporate and individual clients on a broad range of tax issues both in the UK and UAE.

Andre has extensive cross-border tax experience in asset finance transactions, advising owners, banks, lessors and lessees in relation to the financing, procuring, chartering and operating of floating production storage and offloading units (FPSO), floating storage regasification units (FSRU), floating storage units (FSU), liquified natural gas (LNG) carriers and aircraft.

Andre regularly advises individual clients and family office clients on complex private client, cross-border and trust taxation matters. He also regularly advises financial institutions in the UK on the taxation of products designed for high net worth individuals such as life insurance policies and corporate trusts.

As head of the CMS Middle East Tax Desk, Andre advises clients on domestic and cross border tax issues in the UAE.

Relevant experience

Shipping

European Operator and JOA Participants on the procurement, construction, chartering, operation and financing of a newbuild FPSO to be constructed in Asia and operated in North America.
European Operator and JOA Participants on the innovative mezzanine funding by the field operator of an FPSO for modification and deployment in the North Sea including on all tax aspects of the field ownership, JOA, chartering and financing of the vessel on a second ranking basis alongside an ECA-backed consortium of lenders.
Chinese Financial Leasing Company on the project documentation for its sale and leaseback financing transaction of an FSRU chartered to a Norwegian owner by way of finance lease for its customer’s operations.
European Operator respect of the re-financing of 8 LNG carriers comprising term loan and revolving credit facility tranches by a syndicate arranged by a US Bank and a European Bank.

Aviation

European Bank in relation to a secured term loan to finance the purchase of a Boeing 737-800 aircraft on lease to a Slovakian operator.

Corporate Trusts

Professional services firm on establishing a healthcare trust in the UK.
UK insurer on establishing Excepted Group Life Policy master trusts.
UK subsidiary of Middle Eastern bank on trust arrangements as part of the wind-down of UK deposit taking business.

Insurance

European life insurance company on UK tax implications of issuing offshore bonds to UK tax residents.

Private Client

Advising high-net worth individuals and family offices on the UK’s statutory residence test and tax planning, including in relation to income tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax and related charges.

Education

2013 – Legal Practice Course, University of Law, London UK
2011 – MSc Law and Accounting, London School of Economics & Political Science, London UK
2009 – Chartered Accountant (ACA), Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, London UK

Practice Areas

Tax Private Client Tax

sectors

Digital Assets & Web3

Insights

Global Reach