Addleshaw Goddard launches tax disputes practice

The firm has nabbed a five-strong team from Pinsent Masons to build a new tax disputes and investigations practice amid the UK’s tax authority ‘adopting a more assertive enforcement stance’. Addleshaw Goddard has poached the head of Pinsent Masons’ global tax disputes and investigations practice Steven Porter to launch its own offering in the UK. The firm announced the move yesterday (26 August). Porter, who joins as partner and will be based in Manchester, brings a team of Pinsent