Lewin Higgins-Green

Lewin Higgins-Green leads FTI Consulting’s Employment Tax & Reward offering in the UK. Mr. Higgins-Green has nearly 20 years of experience providing advice on all aspects of employee taxation and incentive arrangements to employers with both UK domestic staff and internationally mobile employees, as well as personal tax advice.

Mr. Higgins-Green has advised a wide range of clients across various sectors on all tax issues relating to employees and individuals. His experience has included employee expenses and benefits, termination and inducement payments, employment status and off-payroll working, disguised remuneration and employment-related securities. Mr. Higgins-Green is also proficient in carried interest, management incentives, pay-as-you-earn (“PAYE”) compliance, residence and domicile positions, inpatriate and temporary workplace relief, short-term business visitors, international social security and tax aspects of UK and overseas pensions schemes. Mr. Higgins-Green has advised businesses on the personal tax aspects of partnerships and individuals with complex tax affairs.

Mr. Higgins-Green has written several thought leadership pieces covering various areas of interest for employers and the private equity industry, and has been quoted on multiple occasions in leading UK news publications.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Higgins-Green worked at two of the Big Four professional services firms and a leading law firm.

Relevant Experience:

• Led the UK tax structuring of a complex partnership takeover
• Led the advice and structuring for employee shares schemes on a private company IPO
• Led the implementation of a complex new share option scheme with a UK-headquartered international group
• Helped a client successfully navigate a contentious HM Revenue & Customs PAYE compliance review, including technically complex employee termination and damages payments
• Oversaw the review of employment status assessments and policies for a company with a diversified workforce
• Provided advice and assistance to a client surrounding their remuneration structure and potential disguised remuneration issues
• Undertook a detailed review of carried interest arrangements to ensure tax efficiency
• Helped a client to successfully implement a short-term business visitor scheme and overhaul their international mobility policies and processes