The PLC Tax professional support team works closely with leading practitioners to produce and maintain resources on the site. The qualified members of the team are experienced lawyers or accountants, who were in practice before they joined PLC. PLC's professional support teams are not employed as solicitors or barristers and the individuals are not practising.
| Emma Nendick trained at Freshfields (now Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) and worked as an associate in the tax department for three years. She moved to Herbert Smith in 1996, where she set up and ran the tax professional support function. She joined PLC in September 2006 as head of PLC Tax. Emma is currently a non-practising solicitor. |
| Naomi Belcher is a former solicitor. She trained at Freshfields (now Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) and joined the tax department on qualification in 1995. She moved to the Cayman Islands in 1997, where she worked as a trusts attorney at WS Walker & Co (now Walkers). Naomi joined Herbert Smith in London in 2000, where she worked as a tax professional support lawyer, and then joined Watson, Farley & Williams in 2004, where she set up and ran their tax professional support function. Naomi joined PLC Tax in 2007. |
| Mike Boutell trained at Jaques & Lewis (which became the London office of Eversheds), and following qualification, practised in their corporate tax department for ten years. During that time he undertook a broad range of work including M&As, reorganisations, capital raising, joint ventures, and also developed a particular specialisation in property tax. Mike then spent 12 years at CMS Cameron McKenna as a professional support lawyer, save for a six month secondment to the British Property Federation which spanned the introduction of SDLT. Mike joined PLC in February 2010. Mike is currently a non-practising solicitor. |
| Vicki Carr is a former solicitor. She joined Osborne Clarke's tax team in September 1999, specialising in corporate tax. After a two-year secondment to HMRC working on the rewrite of part of the Taxes Act 1988 (which became the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005), she rejoined Osborne Clarke as their tax professional support lawyer in April 2005. Vicki is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. She joined PLC Tax in July 2007. |
| Jenny Chambers joined PLC in April 2008 from Eversheds, where she had spent five years in the corporate tax team and six years in the role of professional support lawyer. She is currently a member of the CGT Liaison Group technical sub-committee, which comprises representatives of HMRC and the major professional bodies. After qualifying as a chartered accountant with Deloitte Haskins & Sells (now part of PwC), Jenny moved to their corporate tax department. Subsequently, she transferred to their Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire office where she was engaged on consultancy and audit assignments. On returning to UK, she specialised again in tax in a regional accountancy practice. |
 | Mervyn Flatt trained at Lovells and, following qualification, practised in their tax department for nearly five years. While there, Mervyn specialised in the tax aspects of finance, banking and debt capital markets transactions. Mervyn joined PLC Tax in May 2006. Mervyn is currently a non-practising solicitor. |
| David Jacob trained at SJ Berwin and joined the tax department on qualification in 2003. He moved to Herbert Smith in 2005, where he advised on a wide range of corporate, finance and property transactions. In 2008, he joined McDermott Will & Emery, advising mainly on corporate and finance matters. David joined PLC in April 2010. David is currently a non-practising solicitor. |
| Sui Lee worked as an associate at Wragge & Co, specialising in property tax, acting for a varied portfolio of clients. Sui started her tax career at Coopers and Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) in their international corporate tax department. After several years she left to qualify as a solicitor at Linklaters. Sui subsequently joined Laytons Solicitors, where she advised on a diverse range of corporate and other taxes. She is a member of the Association of Taxation Technicians, the Association of Women In Property and the Stamp Taxes Practitioners Group. Sui joined PLC Tax in 2007. Sui is currently a non-practising solicitor. |
| Jo McKenna graduated in 2009 from the University of Nottingham with an LLB (Hons) in Law. Following graduation, she spent a year working as an employment and housing paralegal before commencing the Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School (Leeds) in September 2010. Jo gained a Distinction on the LPC where she took electives in employment, private client and advanced commercial litigation. Jo has also completed a number of vacation placements at various commercial law firms. Jo joined PLC Tax as a paralegal in August 2011. |
| Mike Jones joined PLC in February 2012 as a paralegal for the Tax, Private Client and Share Schemes and Incentives teams. He graduated in 2009 from University College London with a degree in ancient history. He completed the Graduate Diploma in Law and the Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School in 2010 and 2011 respectively. |