Jesse Dalton

Jesse Dalton is a Partner at Bird & Bird in London. His practice focuses on Tax Law, advising clients on a broad range of transactional and corporate tax structuring matters.

He is dual-qualified as a lawyer and chartered accountant, with particular expertise in M&A (including W&I), finance, intra-group reorganisations and the structuring of commercial agreements. He has strong capabilities in international tax and complex contractual drafting.

He has extensive experience advising clients in the technology sector, including on the taxation of intangibles and tax issues relevant to the crypto sector, as well as in the media, entertainment and sport sector, including non-resident entertainers' withholding tax issues.

His experience covers the full range of corporate tax issues, including M&A covering the full lifecycle from pre-sale structuring through to implementation of M&A share and asset deals and joint venture structures, international corporate reorganisations such as the elimination of local entities and/or intercompany debt, commercial VAT structuring, international tax including taxation of intellectual property and inbound investment, finance including deductibility and withholding tax considerations, and corporate finance including tax-efficient structuring of debt and equity investments.

His recent experience includes advising Flight Centre Travel Group on the UK tax aspects of its acquisition of IgluFastNet Limited and the wider Iglu group, advising FIECON Group Limited on the UK tax aspects of its sale to Herspiegel UK Holdings Limited, advising Cheyne Capital on the UK tax aspects of its acquisition (in partnership with Champneys) of two landmark hospitality assets in Buxton, and advising Swansea City AFC, alongside co-counsel Sheppard Mullin, on a landmark investment that sees global music icon Snoop Dogg join the club as an investor and co-owner.

He studied at Victoria University of Wellington, earning a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration (BCA) in accountancy. He was admitted to the Solicitors Regulation Authority in 2008 and to Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand in 2007. He is a member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA).