Isaac Zailer

Isaac is based in London and applies his extensive experience and specialist knowledge to a wide range of taxation and tax-planning matters, both in the UK and internationally. In particular Isaac advises on the structuring and implementation taxation of M&A transactions with an emphasis on cross border deals, asset management and private equity, and real estate taxation.

Experience:

• British American Tobacco on its $49.4 billion recommended offer for Reynolds American
• E.ON on the disposal of its North Sea assets to Premier Oil
• Wesfarmers on its acquisition of the Homebase business from Home Retail Group
• Antin Infrastructure Investors on the acquisition of the CATS gas pipeline from BP
• Brambles on its joint venture with Hoover to form the world's second largest container logistics firm
• Cazenove Capital on its £424 million recommended takeover offer from Schroders
• Sinopec on its acquisition of a 49 % stake in Talisman Energy's UK North Sea oil and gas business for $1.5 billion
• Strides Arcolab, on disposal, by way of auction, of Agila Specialities its generic specialty injectable business to Mylan, for $1.85 billion
• CNPC on its acquisition of a 28.57% stake in Eni East Africa Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eni SpA
• Apache Corporation on its $1.7 billion acquisition of North Sea assets from Exxon Mobil
• Bharti Airtel on its $10.7 billion acquisition of Zain’s 15 African mobile networks

Accolades

Isaac is praised by clients as “one of the brightest tax professionals in the market.” Chambers UK 2017