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Elizabeth Bradley

Elizabeth Bradley

Partner

London

Partner and Global Practice Group Leader - Tax, Employee Benefits and Private Client

T: +44 (0) 20 3400 2323

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Biography

Elizabeth is the Global Practice Group Leader for the Tax, Employee Benefits and Private Client teams, advising on all areas of taxation both in the UK and on cross-border transactions with particular specialization in complex real estate tax. She acts for a wide range of property owners and occupiers including commercial property owners, real estate, private equity funds, REITS, investors (such as Sovereign Wealth Funds) and developers.

She has more than 20 years’ experience in advising on tax matters, covering mergers, acquisitions, structured property and structured finance transactions, and she has particular experience of property related tax issues including VAT, capital allowances and stamp duty land tax.

Elizabeth is a Chartered Tax Adviser and a regular contributor to The Tax Journal and publications for the Chartered Institute of Taxation, and frequently speaks at external conferences. Elizabeth was named as ‘Commercial Lawyer of the Year’ at the Women and Diversity in Law Awards 2024, and has previously been included in the Lawyer magazine's ‘Hot 100’ list (the 100 most influential lawyers in their various fields).

Elizabeth is consistently recognized by the legal directories for her Tax practice. She is ranked Band 1 for Tax: Real Estate in Chambers UK 2026 and in the Chambers Global Guide, and as a ‘Leading Partner’ for Corporate Tax, and VAT and Indirect Tax in Legal 500 UK 2026. She has also been recognized in the International Tax Review (ITR) World Tax Rankings 2026 as ‘Highly Regarded’ and as a ‘Women in Tax Leader’ in General Corporate Tax and Real Estate.  

Civic Involvement & Honors

  •  Ranked in Band 1, Chambers & Partners UK, Tax: Real Estate
  •  Ranked as Leading Partner, Legal 500 UK, Corporate Tax
  •  Ranked as Leading Partner, Legal 500 UK, VAT and Indirect Tax
  • Recognized as a ‘Highly Regarded’ and as a ‘Women in Tax Leader’ in General Corporate Tax and Real Estate, International Tax Review (ITR) World Tax Rankings
  • Recognized as ‘Commercial Lawyer of the Year’ at the Women and Diversity in Law Awards 2024
  • Recognized in The Lawyer ‘Hot 100’ 2018

Professional Affiliations

  • Chartered Institute of Taxation
Elizabeth is a really exceptional tax lawyer. Her blend of technical and practical commercial market expertise is highly unusual and valuable.

Chambers UK 2026

Elizabeth's level of client service is excellent, and she quickly becomes an integral part of the client’s deal team.

Chambers UK 2026

Elizabeth Bradley is a really exceptional tax lawyer. She is able to explain complex tax structures in a way that clients can easily follow and break them down into logical sequences. Elizabeth also demonstrates an unusually broad understanding of all aspects of transactions, including their commercial and market contexts.

Legal 500 UK 2026

Admissions

  • England and Wales

Related Capabilities

  • Corporate tax

  • Plan Design & Implementation

  • Plan Administration & Fiduciary Issues

  • Welfare Plans

  • Interdisciplinary Privacy/HIPAA Practice

  • Practice Before Government Agencies

  • ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation

  • International Pensions & Benefits Practice

  • Executive & Deferred Compensation

  • Real Estate

  • Payment Systems

  • Student Accommodation

  • Portfolio Sales

  • Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

  • Private Client

  • Tax & Private Client

  • Infrastructure

  • Fintech

  • Taxation of Corporate and Financial Transactions and Institutions

  • Real Estate Tax

  • VAT & Indirect Taxes

  • Corporate

  • Finance

  • Data Centers & Digital Infrastructure

  • Tax

Experience

  • The Crown Estate – Advised on the £24bn landmark joint venture with Lendlease.  The joint venture is a landmark deal in the real estate market as it aims to progress some of the UK’s largest regeneration schemes.
  • Grosvenor – Advised on the high profile £1.2bn joint venture with Norges Bank involving a portfolio of properties.

  • Tristan Capital Partners – Advised on €400m pan-European Easyhotel takeover.

  • C C Land Holdings - Advised on the £1.15bn acquisition of 122 Leadenhall Street, “The Cheesegrater”, from a joint venture between British Land and Oxford Properties. This is one of the biggest single asset property deal in the City;
  • Grange Hotels – Advised on the sale of four of its high-end, luxury hotels: Grange St Paul’s EC4, Grange Tower Bridge E1, Grange City EC3 and Grange Holborn WC1. The portfolio of properties was sold to Queensgate Investments for circa £1 billion. This is one of the largest UK hotel deals on record;
  • Carlyle Group - Acted for the Carlyle Group on the creation of the Pure Student Living platform, a joint venture with Generation Estates. Subsequently advised on the sale to LetterOne Treasury Services for £532 million. Pure Student Living, London’s premier purpose built student accommodation business, comprises 2,170 room across five prime central London sites;
  • Cathay Life Insurance Co. - Advised Cathay Life Insurance Co. on the £575m acquisition of the corporate structure owning The Walbrook Building from Delancey and Ares Management’s JV fund, Minerva, in the biggest single-property London purchase in 2015. Elizabeth also advised on their purchase of the Woolgate Exchange building in 2014; and

Resources

Publications

  • Numerous publications in ‘The Tax Journal’

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News
Dec 04, 2025

Autumn 2025 Budget: Views From Practice: Tax - Elizabeth Bradley Quoted in Thomson Reuters Practical Law

Elizabeth Bradley, Global Practice Group Leader for our Tax, Employee Benefits and Private Client practice, together with Anne Powell, Knowledge Counsel, provided insight on the ‘mansion tax’ in an article on 28 November 2025 ‘Autumn 2025 Budget: Views from practice: Tax’ on Thompson Reuters Practical Law which analysed the impact on the real estate sector.
News
Dec 04, 2025

Autumn Budget 2025: ‘Explainer: How the ‘mansion Tax’ Will Work’ - Elizabeth Bradley Quoted in the Financial Times

Elizabeth Bradley, Global Practice Group Leader for our Tax, Employee Benefits and Private Client practice, was quoted in an article in The Financial Times ‘Explainer: how the ‘mansion tax’ will work’ on 26 November 2025 which analysed the impact of the Autumn 2025 budget on the real estate sector.
News
Dec 04, 2025

Autumn Budget 2025: ‘Property Taxes: It Could Have Been Worse’ - Elizabeth Bradley Quoted in the Tax Journal

Elizabeth Bradley, Global Practice Group Leader for our Tax, Employee Benefits and Private Client practice authored an article ‘Property taxes: it could have been worse’ in the Tax Journal on 27 November 2025 which analysed the impact of the Autumn 2025 budget on the real estate sector.
Insights
Nov 03, 2025

Financing data centre developments: Balancing risk and opportunity in a capital-intensive sector

This is the third in a ten-part article series on the legal strategies shaping the future of data centre development in the UK. The United Kingdom’s data centre sector is built on a striking paradox: demand for digital infrastructure seems limitless, but building it requires eye-watering amounts of capital. A hyperscale facility can cost more than £500 million, putting data centres among the most capital-intensive real estate assets in the world. In this high-stakes environment, financing is not just about securing capital. It’s about designing the right capital structure – balancing debt and equity in a way that reduces risk, satisfies lenders, equity partners and tenants, and still delivers long-term returns. In this third instalment of our Insight Series, we look at how sophisticated financing structures are used to balance risk and opportunity in the UK data centre market and share practical advice to help developers navigate complexity with confidence
Insights
Oct 23, 2025

Structuring shell and core data centre developments: Legal strategies for scalability and flexibility

This is the second in a ten-part article series on the legal strategies shaping the future of data centre development in the UK. The UK data centre sector’s expansion is increasingly dominated by the shell and core development model. Hyperscale and major colocation tenants are seeking to deploy capital efficiently, accelerate their time-to-market, and retain maximum control over their proprietary technical environments. In response, developers are delivering powered shells – buildings with foundational power and cooling infrastructure but without tenant-specific fit-out – as the market standard. This approach provides tenants with the freedom to customise their IT architecture. But it also presents developers and investors with complex legal and commercial challenges. The core objective is to create a flexible, scalable asset while ensuring a secure, bankable investment that meets the stringent criteria of institutional finance. The success in shell and core projects depends on the seamless integration of planning, development, construction, leasing and regulatory strategies. A misstep in one area can cascade through the project, affecting finance, tenant relationships and operational performance. This second instalment of our Insight Series examines the legal frameworks underpinning these developments, from the structure of development management agreements and lease contracts to the regulatory considerations shaping the market.

Related Insights

News
Dec 04, 2025
Autumn 2025 Budget: Views From Practice: Tax - Elizabeth Bradley Quoted in Thomson Reuters Practical Law
Elizabeth Bradley, Global Practice Group Leader for our Tax, Employee Benefits and Private Client practice, together with Anne Powell, Knowledge Counsel, provided insight on the ‘mansion tax’ in an article on 28 November 2025 ‘Autumn 2025 Budget: Views from practice: Tax’ on Thompson Reuters Practical Law which analysed the impact on the real estate sector.
News
Dec 04, 2025
Autumn Budget 2025: ‘Explainer: How the ‘mansion Tax’ Will Work’ - Elizabeth Bradley Quoted in the Financial Times
Elizabeth Bradley, Global Practice Group Leader for our Tax, Employee Benefits and Private Client practice, was quoted in an article in The Financial Times ‘Explainer: how the ‘mansion tax’ will work’ on 26 November 2025 which analysed the impact of the Autumn 2025 budget on the real estate sector.
News
Dec 04, 2025
Autumn Budget 2025: ‘Property Taxes: It Could Have Been Worse’ - Elizabeth Bradley Quoted in the Tax Journal
Elizabeth Bradley, Global Practice Group Leader for our Tax, Employee Benefits and Private Client practice authored an article ‘Property taxes: it could have been worse’ in the Tax Journal on 27 November 2025 which analysed the impact of the Autumn 2025 budget on the real estate sector.
Insights
Nov 26, 2025
Autumn Budget 2025 – what’s the tax impact on the real estate sector?
Insights
Nov 26, 2025
Autumn Budget 2025: SDRT relief on share listings on “UK-regulated markets”
News
Nov 26, 2025
BCLP advises Lone Star on multi-asset real estate portfolio acquisition from St. James’s Place
Insights
Nov 03, 2025
Financing data centre developments: Balancing risk and opportunity in a capital-intensive sector
This is the third in a ten-part article series on the legal strategies shaping the future of data centre development in the UK. The United Kingdom’s data centre sector is built on a striking paradox: demand for digital infrastructure seems limitless, but building it requires eye-watering amounts of capital. A hyperscale facility can cost more than £500 million, putting data centres among the most capital-intensive real estate assets in the world. In this high-stakes environment, financing is not just about securing capital. It’s about designing the right capital structure – balancing debt and equity in a way that reduces risk, satisfies lenders, equity partners and tenants, and still delivers long-term returns. In this third instalment of our Insight Series, we look at how sophisticated financing structures are used to balance risk and opportunity in the UK data centre market and share practical advice to help developers navigate complexity with confidence
Insights
Oct 23, 2025
Structuring shell and core data centre developments: Legal strategies for scalability and flexibility
This is the second in a ten-part article series on the legal strategies shaping the future of data centre development in the UK. The UK data centre sector’s expansion is increasingly dominated by the shell and core development model. Hyperscale and major colocation tenants are seeking to deploy capital efficiently, accelerate their time-to-market, and retain maximum control over their proprietary technical environments. In response, developers are delivering powered shells – buildings with foundational power and cooling infrastructure but without tenant-specific fit-out – as the market standard. This approach provides tenants with the freedom to customise their IT architecture. But it also presents developers and investors with complex legal and commercial challenges. The core objective is to create a flexible, scalable asset while ensuring a secure, bankable investment that meets the stringent criteria of institutional finance. The success in shell and core projects depends on the seamless integration of planning, development, construction, leasing and regulatory strategies. A misstep in one area can cascade through the project, affecting finance, tenant relationships and operational performance. This second instalment of our Insight Series examines the legal frameworks underpinning these developments, from the structure of development management agreements and lease contracts to the regulatory considerations shaping the market.
Awards
Oct 16, 2025
BCLP’S UK tax team recognized in ITR World Tax rankings 2026