I enjoy working with clients to find tax solutions which meet their commercial objectives and assisting them in achieving the best outcome possible.

About Natasha

Natasha Kaye has a broad corporate tax advisory and transactional practice, with a focus on private equity (advising both institutions and management teams) and working extensively with clients in the life sciences and technology sectors, with businesses at all stages of growth.

More generally, she advises on a range of transactions, including cross-border and domestic M&A, equity capital markets transactions, reorganisations, joint ventures, restructurings, financing transactions, outsourcing and international tax planning.

Natasha is a member of Cooley’s Global Pro Bono Committee and its Mental Health & Wellbeing Committee. She is also a member of the LexisPSL Tax Consulting Editorial Board

Recent legal directory comments include:

  • Natasha Kaye is very insightful on the deal issues and how to resolve them. - UK Legal 500, 2021
  • Natasha Kaye  is "a great transactional lawyer" and "a very good technical lawyer who is very commercial." She is particularly noted for her knowledge of corporate and private equity tax matters - Chambers UK, 2020
  • Natasha Kaye of Cooley LLP advises clients on a wide range of corporate tax matters, with notable expertise in relation to private equity. Sources say she is "approachable, user-friendly and gives clear, commercial advice.' " - Chambers UK, 2019
  • "Natasha Kaye continues to collect praise from market sources. Clients describe her as 'very competent and extremely personable,' 'very responsive and proactive,' and add: 'Her technical knowledge across the broad is excellent.' " - Chambers UK, 2016
  • "One observer admits that the 'very professional' Natasha Kaye 'scares me with the breadth and depth of her knowledge. It is nice to be able to talk to someone who can give you advice without too many guesses.' " - Chambers UK, 2015

Publications:

  • Co-author, "Indirect loans to participators", Tax Journal, July 2020
  • Quoted, "Budget 2018 - views from the market", Lexis Nexis, November 2018
  • Quoted, "U.K. Buyout Firms Must Move Quickly On Tax Changes," Private Equity News, December 2016
  • Quoted, "Autumn Statement 2016 - views from the market," LexisNexis, November 2016
  • Author, "BEPS: need to know," Treasury Today, January 2016
  • Author, "One minute with...," Tax Journal, December 2015


Education

University of Leeds
LLB, 1996, with honours

Queen Mary University of London (Westfield College)
LLM, 2001, Tax

Rankings & accolades

The Legal 500 UK: Corporate Tax (2022)

Chambers & Partners (UK): Leading Individual - Tax (2022)

The Legal 500 Tax Directors Handbook (2015)

Memberships & affiliations

Stamp Taxes Practitioners Group