People | Glen Atchison

Glen is Managing Partner, head of the firm's Tax and Private Client Practices.

His work involves providing specialist advice on corporate and personal tax, and strategic tax planning matters. He advises on tax structuring and tax mitigation strategies, including providing tax advice for buyers and sellers on share and business sales and purchases.

Glen regularly advises on possible employee incentive arrangements, including enterprise management incentive options and more complex and bespoke arrangements for incentivising and rewarding key executives. He advises on the tax consequences arising on termination of employment, and also assists clients in dealing with HMRC tax enquiries and investigations.

Covering all aspects of Harbottle & Lewis’ practice, Glen focuses on clients in the media, e-commerce/digital media and leisure industries, and in particular upon UK resident high net worth individuals, both UK domiciled and non-UK domiciled.

Glen read Jurisprudence at Balliol College, Oxford before training and qualifying into the tax department at Travers Smith in 1995. He joined Harbottle & Lewis in 1998 where he became a Partner in 2003. Glen was made Managing Partner in 2008.

"Glen Atchison possesses 'a great deal of insight into problems, always finding a solution to any issues we may have,' say clients. He is described as 'direct, extremely clever and efficient' by sources, who value his personal tax advice." Chambers and Partners, 2009