Euan Sutherland

Senior Managing Director, Head of EMEA Tax Advisory

Euan Sutherland is a Senior Managing Director & Leader of EMEA Tax Advisory at FTI Consulting in London. He is part of the Corporate Finance group.

About Euan

Euan Sutherland is a Senior Managing Director and Leader of EMEA Tax Advisory at FTI Consulting and is based in London. Euan is in the European Tax Advisory Group in the Corporate Finance segment.

Euan’s focus is advising on real estate transactions, with over fifteen years’ experience in the sector. In recent years he has advised on distressed real estate and developments, predominately acting for private equity, UHNW investors and banks.

Euan joined FTI Consulting in 2015, having previously been at Deloitte, where he led a number of their key UK real estate tax relationships. Over the last two years, Euan was also instrumental in creating and developing a real estate family office business at Deloitte.

Euan has advised on a broad range of structures, transactions and asset classes, drawing on his experience in the real estate industry and his prior experience as a solicitor. Euan enjoys working on complex transactions and typically leads on the inception and execution of the deal structuring.

Euan’s expertise also extends to stamp taxes and advising on the formation of private equity funds, joint ventures and club deals. Over the years he has contributed to a number of leading tax publications, and worked with HM Treasury, HMRC and the Scottish Government on the drafting of new legislation (most recently on Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings, non-resident Capital Gains Tax and the Scottish Land and Building Transaction Tax). Euan currently sits on the Law Society’s stamp taxes working committee.

Relevant Experience:

  • Acquisition of a European real estate and real estate backed debt business by a US private equity fund;
  • £150m acquisition of a global bank’s UK headquarters in London by a Hong Kong private investor;
  • £200m sale of a prominent central London hotel by a US PE fund;
  • Acquisition of a portfolio of £250m London properties by a UK PE fund; and Formation of £400m joint venture between two family controlled business, to own and develop a central London retail village.

Euan holds an LLB (Hons) in Law and Economics and a Diploma in Legal Practice from Edinburgh University.

Education

Diploma in Legal Practice (Dip LP), Edinburgh University

LL.B., (Hons), Law & Economics, Edinburgh University

Associations

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)

The Law Society

The Law Society of Scotland

Certifications

Chartered Accountant (ACA)

Qualified Solicitor

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