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MSC TAXATION PROFILE
CLASS OF 2019/20
INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
The Law Faculty and the Centre for Business The Oxford MSc in Taxation is a two-year part-time
Taxation are very pleased to welcome the postgraduate degree offered by the Oxford University
fourth cohort of students onto the MSc in Faculty of Law, and is taught in association with the Oxford
Taxation in September 2019. University Centre for Business Taxation based at Saïd
Business School.
Once again, we are delighted to have an
excellent group of students from a wide range
Unusual among Taxation degrees, the MSc in Taxation has
of countries and with different backgrounds
been designed by a combination of lawyers and economists.
including law, accountancy, economics and
The teaching is carried out by a team of leading tax
finance. This diversity continues to be a
strength of the programme and will enhance academics and practitioners. An element of interdisciplinarity
your experience at Oxford. This profile book runs through the whole degree and, in addition, its
showcases your diverse and impressive in-built flexibility allows students to tailor their studies
profiles. to their individual preferences.

We are certain that your two years at Oxford The increased focus on taxation by politicians and the
will be enriching and rewarding, and we very media, as well as the ever-increasing technical demands
much look forward to getting to know and to of the subject and the pace of change at an international
work with you. level, means that there has never been a more important
time to study taxation from a range of perspectives. This
Tsilly Dagan, Michael Devereux, is the experience that the Oxford MSc in Taxation offers.
Glen Loutzenhiser & John Vella

MSc in Taxation Course Directors

Class Size Students Nationalities Age Range Average Age

31 coming
from Work 22 23-60 35
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SEUN ADU NIGERIA
oluwaseun.adu@law.ox.ac.uk • St Hugh’s College • Yoruba

EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, NIGERIA, PHYSICS International taxation; transfer pricing; tax policy; taxation and
EDUCATION (08/2004) behavioral economics

EMPLOYMENT
PARTNER, PWC, NIGERIA
Providing tax and transfer pricing compliance and advisory
services to multinationals

PUBLICATIONS
S Adu, ‘FIRS’ Approach to Transfer Pricing Audits of Technical
and Management Services’, Tax Note International (2018)
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S Adu, T Mukora, ‘Emerging Trends in Transfer Pricing

Legislation across Africa’, Tax Planning International Review
(2018)

MOHD ARIEF EMRAN ARIFIN MALAYSIA

mohd.arifin@law.ox.ac.uk • Kellogg College • Malay

EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ARBITRATION, UK, FELLOW PARTNER, WONG & PARTNERS, MALAYSIA
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ARBITRATION (06/2017) Leading the Dispute Resolution team and Tax Disputes
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

MALAYSIAN QUALIFYING BOARD, MALAYSIA, CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

CERTIFICATE OF LEGAL PRACTICE (2002) Taxation and Islamic Tax principles
Graduated in top 5% of class
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, UK, LLB (HONS)

(1999)

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ARNAUD BELINGA FRANCE
arnaud.belingaowono@law.ox.ac.uk • Harris Manchester College • French

EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT
PARIS-DAUPHINE UNIVERSITY, FRANCE, LLM IN TAX & FUNDS INTERN, LINKLATERS LLP, FRANCE
CORPORATION TAXATION (06/2018) Aiding the Associates and Partners on various aspects of taxation
First place at the final of the Client Service Tax Game at EY and drafting memorandums in the context of investment funds
France Headquarters structuring
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AIX-MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY, FRANCE, MASTER IN TAX INTERN, HOGAN LOVELLS LLP, FRANCE
..................................................................................................................................................................................................
BUSINESS LAW (06/2017)
Graduated in top 4% of class M&A CORPORATE TAX INTERN, PWC, FRANCE
................................................................................................................................................................................................. Drafting presentations and due diligences from both the buy
and sell-side in the context of cross-border transactions
SAVOY MONT-BLANC UNIVERSITY, FRANCE, LLB
(06/2016)
Exchange student at University of Glasgow for one CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
academic year Taxation (international, corporate, disputes and funds); tax
policy and finance (wealth management, compliance and
alternative investments)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Admitted to the Paris Bar School; White & Case Business Law
Scholarship – First Prize

EMANUEL BENNING GERMANY

emanuel.benning@law.ox.ac.uk • Christ Church • German, French
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, HENGELER MUELLER, UK
EDUCATION
M&A Team; legal research and drafting, primarily on corporate
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, UK, LLM law and capital markets law
(09/2018) ..................................................................................................................................................................................................
Awarded Bucerius-Jura-Scholarship (German Academic
Scholarship Foundation and ZEIT-Foundation) TUTOR, JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY MAINZ,
.................................................................................................................................................................................................. GERMANY
Teaching first-year students in constitutional law
JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY MAINZ,
GERMANY, FIRST LEGAL STATE EXAMINATION PUBLICATIONS
(07/2017)
E Benning, ‘Introduction to General Tax Law, Income Tax Law,
Graduated with distinction; specialisation in tax, corporate and
Business Tax Law and VAT’ (in German), Jura Intensiv Verlag
capital market law; German Academic Scholarship Foundation
(2016)
Scholarship

CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

EMPLOYMENT
Academia; the Bar; taxation of wealth and estate planning; VAT;
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, FLICK GOCKE SCHAUMBURG, international tax and tax avoidance; corporate tax; tax design
GERMANY and policy; NPOs; private law
Private Clients Team; legal research and drafting, primarily on tax
law, law of succession, art law and corporate law

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 BRUCE BOATENG UK
bruce.boateng@law.ox.ac.uk • St Anne’s College

EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS FOR Technology industry; fintech industry; international tax law;
ENGLAND & WALES, UK, ASSOCIATE CHARTERED M&A; taxation of corporate finance; corporate restructuring
and rationalisation; VAT; tax treaties
ACCOUNTANT (2014)
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

THE UNIVERSITY OF KENT, UK, BUSINESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ADMINISTRATION (2010) President of the University of Kent Business Society; Chartered
Accountant (ACA – ICAEW); Member of the TISA Tax
EMPLOYMENT
Committee
REGIONAL HEAD OF UK & INTERNATIONAL TAX, SS&C
TECHNOLOGIES INC, UK
Responsible for the tax affairs of the group in the EMEA & APAC
region
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

DEPUTY HEAD OF EMEA TAX, FIDELITY NATIONAL

INFORMATION SERVICES INC, UK
Responsible for the Corporate Tax affairs of the group in the
EMEA region
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

GROUP TAX MANAGER, VODAFONE GROUP PLC, UK

Involved in the management of the group’s UK tax affairs

ROBERT BRACKNELL USA

robert.bracknell@law.ox.ac.uk • Christ Church

EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, USA, MASTER OF LAWS ASSISTANT LEGAL ADVISOR, NATO HQ SUPREME
(06/2006) ALLIED COMMANDER TRANSFORMATION, USA
..................................................................................................................................................................................................
Assistant Legal Advisor for a NATO strategic headquarters
FRANCIS KING CAREY SCHOOL OF LAW AT THE focused on innovation and strategic futures
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, USA, JURIS DOCTOR ..................................................................................................................................................................................................

(05/1999) ATTORNEY-ADVISOR/LIEUTENANT COLONEL, US

Graduated with Honours MARINE CORPS, USA
.................................................................................................................................................................................................. Served 22 years as a military lawyer and armour officer in the US
Marine Corps, including Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, Afghanistan and
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL,
Bosnia
USA, BA (05/1992)

CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Consulting; tax advisory; general counsel; aerospace and
defence industry; international taxation; tariffs

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Member of the Maryland Bar (USA)

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TOM BROWN UK
thomas.brown@law.ox.ac.uk • St Hugh’s College • Russian, Welsh

EDUCATION TRAINEE SOLICITOR, HOGAN LOVELLS INTERNATIONAL

LLP, UK
BPP UNIVERSITY, UK, ACCELERATED LEGAL PRACTICE Advising clients on UK corporate tax, tax litigation, corporate
COURSE (07/2015) litigation and banking/trade finance matters
.................................................................................................................................................................................................

BPP UNIVERSITY, UK, GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN LAW

PUBLICATIONS
(05/2013)
T Brown, H Ismail, G Barnett, ‘Fiscal clarity helps IPO process’,
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

BRISTOL UNIVERSITY, UK, BA (HONS) MODERN International Financial Law Review (2017)
LANGUAGES – RUSSIAN (06/2012)
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Cross-border M&A; the taxation of lending and capital markets
EMPLOYMENT structures; cross-border fund structuring
LEGAL COUNSEL, SECONDEE (TAX), GOLDMAN SACHS
INTERNATIONAL, UK ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Providing corporate tax support to the Asset Management team Admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

ASSOCIATE, SIMMONS & SIMMONS LLP, UK

Providing tax advice on a wide range of transactional and
advisory matters, including: cross-border M&A, offerings in
the debt and equity capital markets, acting for banks in lending
transactions, real estate advisory tax work and advising clients on
the tax implications of hedge fund and private equity structures
and investments
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

LINDSAY BUCKENHAM UK
lindsay.buckenham@law.ox.ac.uk • Christ Church

EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, UK, BA (HONS) HISTORY L Buckenham, B Moseley, ‘At a loss? A review of the UK’s new
(06/2003) loss relief legislation’, Accountancy Magazine (2017)

CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

EMPLOYMENT
Helping clients navigate the UK’s increasingly complex tax
INTERNATIONAL TAX PARTNER, DELOITTE LLP, UK landscape and where possible suggesting improvements to UK
Tax Partner advising Multinational Companies on a variety of tax tax and global tax rules
matters. Particular focus on the taxation of Loan Relationships
and Derivative Contracts, CFC rules, Anti-Hybrid legislation, the
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Corporate Interest Restriction and company chargeable gains
Fellow of ICAEW; member of the CIOT

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BETHANIE CASTELNUOVO SWITZERLAND
bethanie.castelnuovo@law.ox.ac.uk • St Anne’s College • French

EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

ECOLE NATIONAL DES PONTS ET CHAUSSÉES, FRANCE, Renewable energy markets and tax policy; corporate tax; taxation of
KPMG EXECUTIVE MBA (07/2007) corporate finance
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, USA, BSC ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ACCOUNTANCY (12/1998) Rhode Island Silver Medal Award Recipient, CPA examination;
Graduated magna cum laude Diploma in International Financial Reporting, ACCA; Diploma in
Investment Compliance, CISI
EMPLOYMENT
DIRECTOR AND CFO, SCB GROUP, SWITZERLAND
Defining and executing the Group’s financial strategy
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

SENIOR MANAGER, KPMG, SWITZERLAND

Financial audit
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

AUDIT SUPERVISOR, ERNST & YOUNG, UNITED STATES &

SWITZERLAND

ZUBAIR CHAUDHRY UK
ubair.chaudhry@law.ox.ac.uk • Harris Manchester College

EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF TAXATION, UK, CHARTERED TECHNICAL LEAD, HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS, UK
TAX ADVISER (01/2019) Litigation of tax avoidance schemes; leading and managing
.................................................................................................................................................................................................. compliance efforts across multiple avoidance schemes
MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, UK, BA ..................................................................................................................................................................................................

PROFESSIONAL STUDIES IN TAXATION (07/2018)..................... TAX SPECIALIST, HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS, UK

............................................................................................................................................................................. Two years in Large Business directorate covering compliance
ASSOCIATION OF TAXATION TECHNICIANS, UK, enquiries; two years in Counter-Avoidance directorate working
across various heads of taxes as an investigator and technical
TAXATION TECHNICIAN (01/2018)
lead; secondment to international tax team, working with other
..................................................................................................................................................................................................
tax jurisdictions
UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD, UK, BSC ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCE (07/2014)
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Tax litigation; fiscal policy and design; tax compliance and tax
planning

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Currently undertaking an MSc in Fiscal Policy and Economic
Governance with HMRC

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SHAWN CHO SINGAPORE
shawn.cho@law.ox.ac.uk • Exeter College • Mandarin

EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE, International taxation; airline taxation; tax policy; tax
BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTANCY (06/2013) controversy
Graduated magna cum laude; 2nd Major in Law; Tax Academy
of Singapore Award for Tax Planning; Accountancy-Law Major
Award, Spring Semester Exchange Student at Bocconi University
(Milan, Italy)

EMPLOYMENT
ASSISTANT MANAGER TAXATION, SINGAPORE AIRLINES,
SINGAPORE
Advising business units, overseas branches and subsidiaries in
the Singapore Airlines group, on various aspects of domestic and
international taxation, reviewing tax implications of agreements,
obtaining tax incentives and stamp duty relief
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

SENIOR ASSOCIATE (BUSINESS TAX), DELOITTE &

TOUCHE, SINGAPORE
Singapore personal and corporate tax compliance for clients in
a variety of industries

SEUNG CHONG HONG KONG

seung.chong@law.ox.ac.uk • Kellogg College • Cantonese, Mandarin

EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
KING’S COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, UK, LLM S Chong, Law and Practice of Mergers & Acquisitions in the
(1988) People’s Republic of China (Oxford University Press, 2007)
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM, UK, LLB (1987) CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Corporate and commercial law; M&A; Trusts and Family Offices

EMPLOYMENT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

FOUNDING PARTNER, W.S. CHONG & CO SOLICITORS, Solicitor, Hong Kong (1994); Solicitor, England & Wales (1993)
HONG KONG non-practicing
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

PARTNER, WHITE & CASE, HONG KONG

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ASSOCIATE, FRESHFIELDS, COUDERT BROTHERS, HONG

KONG, BEIJING, LONDON

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PETER DENK AUSTRIA
peter.denk@law.ox.ac.uk • St Anne’s College

EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA, DOCTOR OF LAWS P Denk, ‘Property 4.0: Smart-Home-Technologies and Data
(05/2019) Collection under VAT, UR (2018)
..................................................................................................................................................................................................
Graduated with distinction P Denk, ‘General and EU Law Legal Principles’, Commentary on the
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES BURGENLAND, AUSTRIA, VAT Directive’, W. Berger et al (eds.) LexisNexis (2017)
..................................................................................................................................................................................................
MBA REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT (09/2016) P Denk, ‘The Federal Finance Court Acted Arbitrarily! Commentary
Graduated with distinction on the Decision of the Austrian Constitutional Court E 2212/2015’,
.................................................................................................................................................................................................. PSR (2017)
UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA, DIPLOMA IN LAW
(01/2015) CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Real estate transactions and asset management; taxation of real
estate; value added tax
EMPLOYMENT
ASSOCIATE, TAX AND REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION,
SCHOENHERR ATTORNEYS AT LAW, AUSTRIA
Structuring of and advising on real estate transactions
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

LECTURER IN TAX LAW, UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA

..................................................................................................................................................................................................

RESEARCH FELLOW, DEPARTMENT OF TAX LAW,

UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Legal research and publications

STEVE DWYER UK
stephen.dwyer@law.ox.ac.uk • St Anne’s College

EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT
SOAS LONDON UNIVERSITY, UK, MSC SUSTAINABLE TAX DIRECTOR – INSOURCED SOLUTIONS FOR TAX,
DEVELOPMENT – ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS PWC, UK
(12/2014) International corporate tax consultant and UK CT compliance
Graduated with Merit specialist
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BRADFORD UNIVERSITY, UK, MBA (12/1993)

TAX DIRECTOR, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, UK
..................................................................................................................................................................................................
Head of UK CT compliance – Corporate tax role for all divisions
DUNDEE UNIVERSITY, UK, MA (JOINT HONOURS)
PHILOSOPHY AND ECONOMICS (07/1981) ..................................................................................................................................................................................................

TAX DIRECTOR, ENRON CORP, UK

US, UK and European direct tax responsibilities covering M&A,
Treasury, Infrastructure and Trading

CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

International and UK tax policy; reform of UK corporation tax

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SANAL ENKHBAATAR MONGOLIA
sanal.enkhbaatar@law.ox.ac.uk • St Hugh’s College • Mongolian, Russian

EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

MONGOLIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, MONGOLIA, MBA Tax policy; BEPS actions, GF’s exchange of information for tax
FINANCE (05/2019) purposes; transfer pricing; international/cross border taxation;
.................................................................................................................................................................................................. M&A tax structuring
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, USA, BA
FINANCE (05/2014) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Certified Government procurement specialist; member of a
EMPLOYMENT working group that drafted revised version of Mongolian GTL;
CIT and PIT; drafted BEPS and GF’s AEOI and EOIR regulations
NATIONAL CONSULTANT, REVENUE DIVISION, FISCAL into domestic laws; member of a staff-level working group to
POLICY AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, MINISTRY OF negotiate IMF’s EFF program; specialist in gender responsive
FINANCE, MONGOLIA budgeting; Co-Founder of High School Initiative NGO
Projecting budget revenue; drafting domestic legislations related
to BEPS and GF exchange of information; consulting and drafting
legislations related to import tariffs
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

FINANCE INTERN, WORLD JUSTICE PROJECT, USA

Preparing asset, liability and capital account entries; summarizing
current financial status

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GIANMARIA FAVALORO ITALY
gianmaria.favaloro@law.ox.ac.uk • St Hugh’s College • French, Italian
OF COUNSEL, STUDIO FAVALORO & ASSOCIATI, ITALY
EDUCATION Advising privately-held businesses and HNWIs. Corporate tax,
IPSOA – WOLTERS KLUWER, ITALY, MASTER IN M&A, estate and wealth management
INTERNATIONAL TAX LAW (03/2016)
Awarded WKI Scholarship
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PUBLICATIONS
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MILAN, ITALY, MSC IN G Favaloro, ‘CRS and Trust: the clarifications provided within
ECONOMICS, MARKETS AND CORPORATE STRATEGIES the second edition of the implementation handbook’, Wolters
(12/2014) Kluwer (2019)
Graduated magna cum laude; top 5% of class
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
AEI; BEPS; ATAD; Brexit; Cryptoassets; Blockchain
EMPLOYMENT
SENIOR TAX CONSULTANT, DELOITTE, ITALY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Advising listed MNEs, Private Clients and HNWIs on domestic, EU Admitted to the Italian Order of Chartered Accountants
and international taw law issues and Auditors of Milan. Member of the International Tax Law
..................................................................................................................................................................................................
Committee
RESEARCH FELLOW, WORKING PARTY ON TAX & LEGAL
MATTERS, ITALY
Conducting R&D activities on cross-border and regulatory tax
issues
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DIMITRIJ KONSEWITCH GERMANY
dimitrij.konsewitch@law.ox.ac.uk • Christ Church • German, Russian

EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, UK, MSC POLITICAL Domestic resource mobilisation; public financial management; fiscal
ECONOMY OF LATE DEVELOPMENT (09/2015) policy
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

UNIVERSITY OF HANNOVER, GERMANY, BSC ECONOMICS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

& BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (07/2013) Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT) Assessor

EMPLOYMENT
ADVISOR, GIZ (GERMAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY), PAKISTAN
Providing support to provincial governments on tax reforms and
domestic resource mobilisation
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

ECONOMIST (ODI FELLOW), MINISTRY OF FINANCE, TIMOR-

LESTE
Advising Government of East Timor on fiscal policy, tax reforms and
aid coordination

KONSTANTIN KOTIVNENKO ESTONIA

konstantin.kotivnenko@law.ox.ac.uk • Kellogg College • Estonian, Russian

EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, USA, LLM IN ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, PWC LEGAL, ESTONIA
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES (2003) Taxation, Financial and Securities Law
Fulbright Scholarship ..................................................................................................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................................................................................................................. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER, AGROMINO A/S,

ESTONIAN SCHOOL OF DIPLOMACY, ESTONIA, DENMARK
DIPLOMA IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND Legal and Tax Compliance of the Company admitted to
EUROPEAN INTEGRATION (2001) Stockholm Nasdaq Stock Exchange
.................................................................................................................................................................................................. ..................................................................................................................................................................................................

CONCORDIA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ESTONIA, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, TRIGON CAPITAL AS, ESTONIA
ESTONIA, BA IN COMPARATIVE, INTERNATIONAL AND Head of Legal and Tax Team
..................................................................................................................................................................................................
EUROPEAN UNION LAW (2000) ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, SORAINEN LAW OFFICES, ESTONIA
Graduated magna cum laude
Taxation, Financial and Securities Law

CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

International taxation; tax planning and compliance; EU tax
policy; financial and securities law; corporate governance; tax
procedure

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KUI LI CHINA
kui.li@law.ox.ac.uk • Harris Manchester College • Chinese

EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, US, MS TAXATION (05/2014) K Li, ‘Fair value accounting: a reflection after the financial crisis’,
University Youth Representative to the United Nations Entrepeneur World (2011)
.................................................................................................................................................................................................

TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS, CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

CHINA, BA ECONOMICS (06/2011)
Tax and public policy; think tank; academia; start-up; fiscal
First-class Dissertation
policy and economics; international taxation

EMPLOYMENT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

TRANSACTION TAX MANAGER, ERNST & YOUNG LLP, CPA (New York State); IRS Enrolled Agent; awarded first prize in
LONDON Career Pro USA start-up accelerator case competition
Advising on M&A deals and corporate restructuring
projects; working with relevant governmental and business
stakeholders to connect large Chinese investors with UK and EU
opportunities
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TAX ASSOCIATE, PWC, NEW YORK

Supporting US tax advisory and compliance projects for large
real estate companies
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

INTERNATIONAL TAX ANALYST, CITIGROUP, NEW YORK

Supporting Citigroup’s global headquarter international tax
accounting team

ARTEMIS LOUCAIDOU CYPRUS

artemis.loucaidou@law.ox.ac.uk • St Hugh’s College • Greek, French, Spanish

EDUCATION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM, UK, BACHELOR OF LAWS Qualified as a lawyer in Cyprus
(06/2018)
Graduated with Second Class (Division One) Honours

EMPLOYMENT
TRAINEE, ANTIS TRIANTAFYLLIDES & SONS LLC, CYPRUS
Legal research; drafting and submitting legal documents;
appearing before Judges in the Administrative Court of Cyprus
and the District Court of Nicosia; due diligence

CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Taxation; company law; EU law

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BENJAMIN MALEK SWITZERLAND
benjamin.malek@law.ox.ac.uk • Christ Church • French, German, Italian
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT, UNIVERSITY OF
EDUCATION
LAUSANNE, TAX POLICY CENTER, SWITZERLAND
UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, ADVANCED
STUDIES IN LEGAL PROFESSIONS (07/2019)
PUBLICATIONS
Mandatory certification prior to Geneva Bar admission
V Chand, B Malek, ‘The Relevant Economic Activity Test and its
..................................................................................................................................................................................................
Impact on the International Corporate Tax Policy Framework’, British
UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, MASTER OF Tax Review (2019)
LAW (01/2018) ...............................................................................................................................................................................................

Graduated with distinction

B Malek, L’introduction du principal purpose test en Suisse: analyse
.................................................................................................................................................................................................. et recommandations’, IFF Forum fur Steuerrecht (2019)
UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, BACHELOR OF
LAW (06/2016) CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Tax related litigation and arbitration (domestic and international) and
EMPLOYMENT legal counselling
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT / PHD CANDIDATE,
UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE, TAX POLICY CENTER, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
SWITZERLAND Field Court Tax Chambers Scholar; Faculty of Law Prize awarded for
PhD research on treaty abuse; assistant of Prof. Robert Danon Master’s thesis (University of Lausanne, 2018); OREF 2018 Award
(International and Swiss Tax Law) received for article on the PPT
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JIAMIN NG SINGAPORE
jiamin.ng@law.ox.ac.uk • Worcester College • Mandarin Chinese

EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, UK, BSC (HONS) M&A; international taxation; private clients; transfer pricing
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, FINANCE AND ECONOMICS
(07/2019)
First-class honours
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC, SINGAPORE, DIPLOMA IN

INTEGRATED EVENTS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
(04/2016)

EMPLOYMENT
INTERN, AGILITY FAIRS & EVENTS LOGISTICS,
SINGAPORE
Assisting project manager with ‘Art Stage Singapore 2016’;
liaising with clients; accounting for shipment billings; preparing
financial reports
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

EVENT COORDINATOR, STAR HORIZON LEARNING,

SINGAPORE
Organising an environmental learning event for primary school
children; leading liaison and negotiation with internal and
external stakeholders; accounting for efficient budget allocation
and preparing financial report

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GRAHAM PURSE CANADA
graham.purse@law.ox.ac.uk • Christ Church
LAWYER, MLT AIKINS LLP, CANADA
EDUCATION Tax lawyer, including corporate restructuring, M&A, high net-worth
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, UK, POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN planning, VAT, RST, tax disputes, and insurance-based tax planning
FINANCIAL STRATEGY (06/2018) ................................................................................................................................................................................................
Graduated with distinction; awarded the Saïd Prize LAWYER, MILLER THOMSON LLP, CANADA
.................................................................................................................................................................................................. Tax lawyer, including M&A, restructuring, thin capitalization, GAAR
CANADA, CPA CANADA, CANADA IN-DEPTH TAX COURSE analysis, tax litigation, owner-managed businesses
(06/2016)
................................................................................................................................................................................................. PUBLICATIONS
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, CANADA, BACHELOR OF LAWS G Purse, ‘Referring Clients to Other Professionals’, Canadian Tax
(06/2011) Focus (2019)
Awarded Alberta Law Foundation Entrance Scholarship ...............................................................................................................................................................................................

F Carey, G Purse and D Dubois, ‘Canada Without Poverty: When

is Political Activity Charitable?’, Taxes & Wealth Management,
EMPLOYMENT
Thomson Reuters (2018)
LECTURER/INSTRUCTOR OF GOVERNMENT FINANCE, ...............................................................................................................................................................................................
UNIVERSITY OF REGINA’S PAUL J. HILL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
G Purse and J Hansen, ‘A Review of the Specified Corporate Income
.................................................................................................................................................................................................
and Specified Partnership Incomes Rules and their Application’,
SENIOR TAX POLICY ANALYST, MINISTRY OF FINANCE Canadian Tax Foundation (2018)
(SASKATCHEWAN), CANADA
Analysis of tax policy, including credits, deductions, RST and CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
resource taxation Tax policy; comparative taxation; public finance; tax planning
.................................................................................................................................................................................................

R
WOLFGANG RIEDL AUSTRIA
wolfgang.riedl@law.ox.ac.uk • Kellogg College • German, Chinese (Putonghua)

EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS, W Riedl, ‘Purpose and Policy Considerations for Implementing
AUSTRIA, LLM IN INTERNATIONAL TAX LAW (10/2017) CFC Rules’, Limiting Base Erosions (2017)
Thesis published as part of an edited collection
..................................................................................................................................................................................................
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA, BA CHINESE STUDIES
Tax policy in international settings; legal consulting; tax systems
(06/2012)
and policy in East Asia
Graduated with distinction

EMPLOYMENT
LEGAL ASSOCIATE, GROHS HOFER ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
AUSTRIA
Advising on tax and property law cases
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

ASSOCIATE, RIEDL STEUERBERATUNG GMBH, AUSTRIA

Providing specialist tax advice to an international clientèle
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

LECTURER IN EAST ASIAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF

VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Developing and delivering MA-level curricula for Law in East
Asian Studies module

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 ANNA ROMANOVA RUSSIAN FEDERATION
anna.romanova@law.ox.ac.uk • Exeter College • Russian

EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, M&A; structured finance; international tax policy; transfer pricing
USA, BS APPLIED ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
(05/2018)
Graduated cum laude
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

HARVARD UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL, USA,

PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS (08/2013)

EMPLOYMENT
ANALYST, TCA CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL GROUP, USA
Performing financial analysis and valuations; credit analysis;
forecasting
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

INTERN, WEALTH MANAGEMENT, BANK OF AMERICA

MERRILL LYNCH, USA
Working on Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans and
401k Plans; evaluation of portfolio performance
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

INTERN, AUDIT, KPMG, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Working on taxation reports; verifying tax obligations

T
RUBY TAM HONG KONG
suet.tam@law.ox.ac.uk • Kellogg College • Cantonese, Mandarin

EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, HONG KONG, Cross border taxation
BACHELOR OF FINANCE (07/2004)
Graduated with first-class honours, Dean’s List

EMPLOYMENT
SENIOR TAX MANAGER, DELOITTE, HONG KONG
International corporate tax advisory; compliance; audit defence;
planning and structuring.

PUBLICATIONS
R Tam, China M&A Tax Guide (IBFD)

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EVANGELINE TAWIL CYPRUS, LEBANON
evageline.tawil@law.ox.ac.uk • St Anne’s College

EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, UK, MA (HONS)
FINANCIAL ECONOMICS (07/2018)
EMPLOYMENT
FINANCIAL ANALYST, HEALTHCARE, EVERCORE, UK
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Taxation; healthcare

MTHO TSHUMA ZIMBABWE

mthokozisi.tshuma@law.ox.ac.uk • St Hugh’s College • Ndebele

EDUCATION CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, LLM International taxation; wealth management; M&A
TAXATION (10/2016)
Graduated 1st in class
.................................................................................................................................................................................................

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, LLB

(11/2014)
Graduated on Dean’s Merit List
.................................................................................................................................................................................................

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, BA

SOCIOLOGY (12/2012)
Graduated on Dean’s Merit List

EMPLOYMENT
ASSOCIATE, TAXATION, GILL GODLONTON & GERRANS,
ZIMBABWE
Advising on various aspects of Zimbabwean and international
tax matters for both corporate and individual clients
.................................................................................................................................................................................................

TUTOR AND RESEARCH ASSISTANT, UNIVERSITY OF

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Tutoring Foundations of South African Law in the Private Law
Department

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 W
ERNA WESSELS-RIDDER UK, NETHERLANDS, SOUTH AFRICA
erna.wessels-ridder@law.ox.ac.uk • St Anne’s College • Afrikaans, Dutch
HEAD OF BUSINESS FINANCE, FIDELITY
EDUCATION
INTERNATIONAL, UK
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH AFRICA, Commercial finance, strategy, financial reporting and tax
BCOMPT (12/1997)
.................................................................................................................................................................................................

UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, LLB PUBLICATIONS

(12/1992) J Pretorius, ed. By E Ridder, Caney’s Law of Suretyship in South
..................................................................................................................................................................................................
Africa, 3rd edn (1992)
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, BLC
(12/1989) CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
International tax; transfer pricing; financial institutions tax;
wealth tax; tax digitalisation & technology
EMPLOYMENT
INTERNATIONAL TAX OPERATIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
GOVERNANCE, INSTITUTIONAL BANKING & MARKETS, Member of: Association of Foreign Banks, Tax Committee and
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA, UK Banker’s Taxation Circle. Barrister, Supreme Court of South
International tax compliance; tax governance framework; transfer Africa (1997); Association of Law Societies RSA, Attorneys
pricing; finance and tax operational risk management Admission Examination (1994); Association of Law Societies
.................................................................................................................................................................................................. RSA, School for Legal Practice post graduate diploma (1993)
HEAD OF EMEA FINANCIAL REPORTING, TAX AND
GROUP TREASURY, BRAVURA SOLUTIONS LTD, UK
Group tax restructuring; transfer pricing; financial reporting; tax
compliance; treasury management
..................................................................................................................................................................................................

Z
NAWSHAD MUHAMMAD ZAMIR BANGLADESH
.
nawshad.zamir@law.ox.ac.uk • Harris Manchester College • Bangla
LAWYER, ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK, SAUDI
EDUCATION
ARABIA
BPP LAW SCHOOL, UK, BAR VOCATIONAL COURSE Drafting and advising on contracts, project/Islamic finance and
(06/1999) WTO
The Chambers of Christopher Morcom QC, Prize for Intellectual
Property PUBLICATIONS
..................................................................................................................................................................................................
N Zamir, ‘Do prisoners have a right to health and medical care in
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, USA, LLM (06/1996) Bangladesh?’, The New York Times (2018)
.................................................................................................................................................................................................. ..................................................................................................................................................................................................

UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA, BANGLADESH, LLM (1993) N Zamir, ‘Is Bangladesh violating international law?’, New Age
Graduated with first-class, awarded Justice Amin Ahmed Gold (2016)
Medal
CAREER AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
EMPLOYMENT International corporate taxation; project/Islamic finance; tax
policy and development
MANAGING COUNSEL, JURISTS CHAMBERS,
BANGLADESH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Corporate tax litigation, company/banking matters. Advising on
capital markets, commercial disputes, and arbitration Barrister (Lincoln’s Inn), (1999); Advocate, Supreme Court of
Bangladesh, (1996); Contributor, Max Plank Encyclopedia of
..................................................................................................................................................................................................
Public International Law
PARTNER, JAMIRUDDIN & JURISTS, BANGLADESH
Judicial review; energy law advisory; human rights litigation.
Consultant for the World Bank on court administration reforms
.................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Advisory Board
Philip Baker QC, Field Court Tax Chambers
Richard Collier, Associate Fellow at Said Business School, formerly a Tax Partner at PwC
Bill Dodwell, Tax writer and policy adviser at the Office of Tax Simplification, formerly Head of Tax Policy at Deloitte
Liesl Fichardt, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP

Through the generosity of our benefactors, the following students have been
awarded scholarships for the MSc in Taxation Programme 2019/20

James Bullock Scholarship

A scholarship is granted in memory of James Bullock, a partner in Pinsent Mason whose
support for Oxford Tax and untimely passing we commemorate by this gift.
Zubair Chaudhry

Field Court Tax Chambers Scholarships

Benjamin Malek
Emanuel Benning
Peter Denk
Suet Yee Tam

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 Full-Fees Financial Assistance Awards
There are three need based full-fees financial
assistance awards and one merit based financial
assistance award.

These financial assistance awards will further our

aim of making the programme accessible to all
students who are good enough to be admitted,
regardless of their financial means.

The Faculty of Law and Centre for Business Taxation are grateful to all the donors who support various aspects of
their work.

They are listed at www.law.ox.ac.uk/patrons-and-supporters and www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/faculty-research/

tax/about/funding.

In particular the Faculty of Law would like to thank Pinsent Masons LLP for the firm’s continuing support of tax
teaching in Oxford.

We would also like to thank the Tax Executives Institute, Deloitte and Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers for the donation of
prizes, Field Court Tax Chambers for the donation of scholarships, and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
for contributing towards our end of course event in June 2019.

Potential employers should note that the Law Faculty also has students studying some tax modules on the
Bachelor of Civil Law, Magister Juris and on the MSc in Law and Finance.

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