Evelyn Partners to build new Customs and Excise team

Evelyn Partners has announced plans to build a new Customs and Excise team and has appointed Håkan Henningsson to lead it.

The new service offering will be aligned with the other indirect and corporate tax advisory services already offered by the firm.

Henningsson specialises in identifying duty cost reduction opportunities and risks in the international supply chain.

He previously spent many years working as inhouse customs adviser for global corporations such as GE, Cisco Systems, Philips and Diageo before building a Customs team at BDO from 2015.

Evelyn stated that the launch of the new team comes in response to the increased demand from clients across the UK for customs advisory services.

Sunil Parmar, partner and head of Indirect Tax, said: “I am delighted to welcome Håkan to Evelyn Partners to build a new team in an area where we are seeing increased demand from clients to provide advice. He has considerable experience in this space and his skill set of providing practical advice and putting clients’ interests first fits well with Evelyn Partners’ wider aspirations.

“In response to the increased number of customs declarations made post Brexit, HMRC are incrementally increasing the number of post-importation compliance audits carried out on large and small businesses alike.”

Henningsson added: “What attracted me to Evelyn Partners was the focus on collaboration and clients’ needs. I am excited to join the firm and to be able to offer our clients a new service line in the form of Customs and Excise advisory services.

“I firmly believe our clients will benefit both in terms of mitigating duty costs in today’s challenging economic climate and to ensure they don’t unintentionally fall foul of complex UK and EU customs and excise laws. I look forward to developing this new service offering in close cooperation with our other tax service lines.”