Elizabeth Bradley
Elizabeth Bradley
Elizabeth Bradley
Partner and Global Practice Group Leader - Tax, Employee Benefits and Private Client
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 2025 and in the Chambers Global Guide, and as a ‘Leading Partner’ for Corporate Tax, and VAT and Indirect Tax in Legal 500 UK 2025.
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Professional Affiliations
- Chartered Institute of Taxation
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 ‘Commercial Lawyer of the Year’ at the Women and Diversity in Law Awards 2024
- Recognized in The Lawyer ‘Hot 100’ 2018
Admissions
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England and Wales
Related Capabilities
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Tax Advice & Controversy
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Plan Design & Implementation
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Plan Administration & Fiduciary Issues
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Welfare Plans
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Interdisciplinary Privacy/HIPAA Practice
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Practice Before Government Agencies
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ERISA & Employee Benefits Litigation
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International Pensions & Benefits Practice
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Executive & Deferred Compensation
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Real Estate
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Payment Systems
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Student Accommodation
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Portfolio Sales
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Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
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Private Client
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Tax & Private Client
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Infrastructure
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Fintech
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Taxation of Corporate Transactions
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Real Estate Tax
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VAT & Indirect Taxes
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Corporate
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Finance
Experience
- 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;
- Time Inc. - Acted for Time Inc. on the sale of IPC Magazines Group Limited, the owner of the freehold of the Blue Fin Building in Southwark, to a joint venture established by Oxford Properties and Temasek for £415 million;
- Round Hill Capital - Advised Round Hill Capital on its £600m disposal of the Nido portfolio — consisting of three blocks in Notting Hill, King's Cross and Spitalfields — to Greystar Real Estate Partners, one of the largest student accommodation deals in recent times;
- 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
- Tishman Speyer and PSP Investments – Advised on the tax elements of the sale of Verde SW1, a mixed-use property in London's West End, to Deka Immobilien for approximately £457m.
Resources
Publications
- Numerous publications in ‘The Tax Journal’
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