Rebecca Murray

Rebecca Murray has a tax litigation and advisory practice in private client, corporate tax and VAT, as well as substantial experience of judicial review.

She has appeared in courts and tribunals at all levels on a range of direct and indirect tax issues.

Her tax expertise is recognised in the directories (ranked over ten years in Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 in all taxes), where she is described as “very on top of things”, “an expert on the interplay between tax and employment issues”, “has fantastic client skills and is a very effective advocate”, “very organised and efficient”, “a pleasure to deal with. She quickly grasps the issues and deals with them very effectively and efficiently” and “diligent and very bright.”

Her textbook “Tax Avoidance” (Sweet & Maxwell, 4th edition March 2020) has been described as “brilliant” and as providing “comprehensive coverage of some extremely difficult areas of the law”

Before commencing independent practice, she was a chartered tax adviser in a large accountancy firm, where she advised clients on complex tax transactions involving all areas of direct tax in private client and owner managed businesses. She then worked at JP Morgan Chase advising on transactions including bank acquisitions, corporate tax, income tax, capital gains tax and VAT.

Rebecca is a member of the Attorney General’s ‘B’ Panel of Civil Counsel to the Crown, effective for five years from 1 September 2022. She was a member of the Attorney General’s ‘C’ Panel between 2015–20.