Tax Controversy Leaders | Andrew Bird KC on Expert Panel

Tax Controversy Leaders brings together leading tax controversy experts to ensure you are equipped against today's biggest tax risks.

Taking place on 16 November 2023 at the Leonardo Royal Hotel, London. Andrew will be presenting in the Main Conference Room at 13:45 - 14:25. View the Agenda here.

Andrew will be presenting a Tax Crime Update - What Corporates Should Know:

'Of essential attendance to both in-house professionals as well as practitioners in the current environment, this session will cover what tax professionals need to know about complying with a production order. This includes aspects such as understanding of when 'tipping off' considerations will apply, an understanding of Legal professional privilege, confidentiality and production orders. It will also shed light on what tax advisors need to know about the offence of 'failing to prevent tax evasion' and the new offence of 'failure to prevent fraud'.

Andrew Bird KC is a specialist in white-collar crime, civil and criminal asset forfeiture, and civil and public law proceedings which overlap with the criminal process. Since taking Silk in 2021, he has appeared for the defence in cases of murder, bribery & fraud, in addition to continuing his Private Prosecution practice.

Andrew is ranked in Chambers and Partners in the fields of POCA and Asset Forfeiture (Band 1 Silk), Financial Crime and Private Prosecutions - Financial Crime. He is ranked in The Legal 500 in the field of POCA and Asset Forfeiture. He is also recognised in Who's Who Legal at the UK Bar in the fields of Asset Recovery, Civil Fraud, and Criminal Fraud.