Olamide Akinla

SENIOR TAX MANAGER
Olamide Akinla is a Senior Manager in the Tax Disputes team. Drawing from his extensive international experience (as the West African lead of the tax controversy and dispute resolution practice of a big-four accounting firm) he brings a unique perspective to every client matter.

He enjoys advising on and resolving all types of domestic and international tax disputes. He specialises litigating complex tax disputes across all levels of tribunals and courts.  He is also particularly interested in the interactions between tax and administrative law.

 

Olamide has a strong advisory practice – advising businesses, high net-worth families and individuals on domestic and international tax matters.

 

His work includes:

 

Acting for taxpayers in judicial proceedings:


Challenging the lawfulness of HMRC’s decisions in a variety of cases including disputes relating to HMRC’s refusal to apply Extra-Statutory Concessions, HMRC’s exercise of discretion in waiving interests and HMRC’s conduct during unduly prolonged enquiries and compliance checks.

 

VAT and Customs Disputes:


Acting for clients in various indirect tax disputes.  Most recently acting for taxpayers in appeals relating to VAT fraud/Kittel appeals and customs disputes relating to post-Brexit customs legislation.  

 

International tax advisory:


Advising multinational companies and Private Equity funds on various international tax matters including mitigating permanent establishment risks, attribution of profits and tie breaker rules under different double tax treaties.  

 

 

MAP and ADR:

 

Advising on mutual agreement procedures and supporting taxpayers through HMRC’s ADR program.

 

When not working on client matters, Olamide is either contributing to thought leadership or pursuing academic pursuits (he is the UK reporter for IBFD’s annual Observatory for the Protection of Taxpayer Rights report and an MSc (Tax) candidate at the University of Oxford).