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Martin Davies
Spear’s Review
There are few tax advisers in the UK who are commended for their knowledge of the Middle Eastern landscape as highly as Martin Davies. Davies has become the go-to tax lawyer for some of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s most prominent families.
Davies heads Mishcon de Reya’s Middle East arm in the UK and also serves as partner in the legal firm’s international wealth planning and tax team. As part of his role, he advises HNWs, family offices and companies on their financial affairs. These ‘affairs’ include international corporate and real estate investments, succession, asset protection, private equity and a host of others.
He is renowned for possessing an ‘international reach’ that is ‘genuinely global’ by virtue of his background in establishing a global legal network with 120 members across the world in addition to founding the Saudi British Joint Business Council and the Saudi-British Society. This ‘reach’ proves invaluable to his international client base.
Rank: Top Recommended

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