Natasha Kaye
Natasha Kaye is a tax partner in the London office of Akin. Natasha Kaye has a broad corporate tax advisory and transactional practice, with a particular focus on private equity (advising both institutions and management teams) and working extensively with clients in the technology and the life sciences sectors, with businesses at all stages of growth. More generally, she advises on a range of transactions, including cross-border and domestic M&A, equity capital markets transactions, reorganizations, joint ventures, restructurings, financing transactions and international tax planning. Natasha is a member of the Stamp Taxes Practitioners Group.
Practice Area
Panels
- Consulting Editorial Board
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 1999
Experience
- Cooley LLP (November 2015 - February 2025)
- Olswang LLP (September 1997 - October 2015)
Membership
- Stamp Taxes Practitioners Group
- The Law Society
Qualifications
- LLB (Hons) (2001)
- LLM (2001)
- B.A. (1996)
- Solicitor, England and Wales (1999)
Education
- Queen Mary, University of London (2001)
- University of Leeds (1996)
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PRACTICE NOTES
UK M&A share sales: tax lawyer’s guide to W&I and tax risk insurance, exclusions, disclosure, claims conduct, and negotiating policies, SPAs and tax covenants
Insured M&A transactions—a tax lawyer's guide
This Practice Note considers the practical matters a tax lawyer should assess when advising on a share sale M&A deal where one party plans to obtain either warranty and indemnity (W&I) insurance or tax risk insurance. W&I cover can be put in place by the buyer or the seller to address losses arising from:
breaches of the seller’s warranties, and
claims under the indemnities in the acquisition agreement (or warranty deed) and/or the tax covenant (if included).
Tax risk insurance is intended to protect the insured against a particular tax exposure connected with the transaction. In broad terms, W&I insurance responds to unknown risks, while tax risk insurance covers a known contingent tax liability.
For an outline of the risks each product will cover, and the procedure for arranging a policy to address those risks, see the following Practice Notes:
Warranty and indemnity (W&I) insurance in M&A transactions, and
Insuring tax risk in transactional and non-transactional scenarios
Insurance will not capture every risk that would traditionally be dealt with by the warranties and indemnities given by a...
Tax
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