Hurst promotes two in tax and corporate finance teams

Hurst has announced that it has promoted Jennifer Escott and Matthew Taylor in its tax and corporate finance teams respectively.

Escott has been promoted to associate tax manager after joining Hurst from EY early last year.

She has been involved in projects ranging from corporation tax and personal tax compliance to advising shareholders on the tax implications of selling and exiting businesses.

Her role also involves due diligence work on businesses which clients of Hurst are
looking to buy.

Taylor has been promoted to corporate finance executive after passing his exams to become a chartered accountant.

His role sees him providing strategic support to owner-managed businesses involved in a range of transactions.

Escott said: “I’m extremely grateful to have had plenty of opportunities and challenges to develop my technical and managerial skills to enable me to step up, and I’ve been honoured to work on some great transactions alongside our corporate finance team, and due diligence projects such as the investment by BGF and DSW Ventures into The Insights Family.

“Post-Brexit, a lot of our clients face struggles undertaking trade across Europe, as the easements that were in place when we were part of the EU are now no longer available. I’ve been able to support them in how they trade across Europe and what VAT regulations they are facing, and to assist them with streamlined VAT reporting processes in the relevant destinations.”

Tim Potter, managing partner, added: “Both Matthew and Jennifer fully deserve their promotions. They provide valuable support to our clients on a wide variety of sell-side and buy-side transactions and have made a significant and positive contribution since joining us. Jennifer has broadened her knowledge in the short time she has been with us, and uses her expertise to help businesses navigate the taxation landscape as well as Brexit-related international trade issues.

“Matthew recently achieved first-time passes in all of his professional examinations and is currently taking a lead role in our corporate finance team on a number of exciting live assignments that are expected to close in the coming months. These promotions once again demonstrate our unwavering commitment to develop the careers of talented individuals at Hurst.”