Joseph Brothers

Partner | London

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+44 20 7597 6273
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Joseph is a partner based in London.

He advises on the US tax aspects of private wealth structures, closely held businesses, investment products and funds. His practice focuses on the interaction between personal tax and business tax structuring, with a particular emphasis on entrepeneurs, executives, and trusts with some connection to the United States. He also advises family offices, individuals and business on "inbound" US tax issues, including US real estate, funds and direct equity and debt investments.
 

Achievements

He has been named as a Recommended Lawyer in the Legal 500 directory and has written for leading tax publications such as Tax Notes Federal and Tax Notes International on a variety of US cross-border tax issues.

Recent recognition

Experience

Corporate
Private client
Tax

Insight

13 January 2025 | Article

'Interpretive Puzzles': Bruyea v. United States and the Net Investment Income Tax
parliament

14 November 2024 | Article

How the UK Budget impacts US citizens

30 April 2024 | Article

What Americans need to know - the UK's non-dom regime
Eiffel Tower

26 January 2024 | Article

French Supreme Court confirms "hybrid" trust tax treatment of trust income for non-discretionary revocable trusts with US citizen, French resident beneficiaries

White House

22 January 2024 | Article

Chipping away at the investor exception? Implications of the YA global case for foreign investors in US private funds
Brooklyn bridge

8 November 2023 | Article

Can double tax treaties take a 'bite' out of the US Net Investment Income Tax?

17 March 2023 | Article

Tax relief for US PE Managers residing in UK
US Capitol

25 January 2023 | Article

Late Qualified Electing Fund (QEF) Elections – what it means to you

26 October 2022 | Article

US tax inflation increases exemption amounts and opportunities

21 June 2022 | Article

Funds with US investments or operations – considerations for non-US investors

25 January 2022 | Article

US tax issues for non-US crypto investors

1 September 2021 | Article

Treaty relief for UK residents investing into the US
Picture of a sunset between buildings

6 February 2020 | Article

Startup Investments and the Long Reach of the PFIC Rules
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30 July 2019 | Article

Opportunity or mirage? Qualified opportunity zones and cross-border investors
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16 November 2018 | Article

No US passports for US tax 'cheats'?

External publications

  • "Treaties, Buffet-Style: Highly Selective Reliance On Business Profits Article", Tax Notes International (March 16, 2020)

  • "Reflections on the Intersection of U.S. Tax Treaty Policy, U.S. Tax Reform, and BEPS," 78 Tax Notes International 759 (with H. David Rosenbloom) (May 25, 2015)

  • "From the Double Irish to the Bermuda Triangle," 76 Tax Notes International 687 (Nov. 24, 2014)

Admissions

  • Massachusetts 2015

  • District of Columbia 2016

Education

  • Harvard Law School

  • Duke University, Political Science

Languages

  • English

Memberships

  • American Bar Association

Key dates

  • Year joined: 2018

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