James Tetley

About James Tetley

James Tetley is a Corporate Tax Partner based in the South of England. He enjoys working with private mid-market, private equity-backed and listed businesses, supporting them in navigating our complex tax landscape and allowing them to focus on running their businesses.

James leads our innovation and capital tax reliefs practice, comprising a team of over 100 engineers, surveyors and tax specialists based across the UK. They support our clients in leveraging the tax incentives and reliefs available for investment, including R&D tax incentives, capital allowances, patent box, creative sector tax reliefs and land remediation relief.

Asked what gets him out of bed in the morning, James says:

“It’s a cliché, but it’s my clients. I love the variety of my role and that on any given day, I can be meeting clients in a shipyard, a heavy metals foundry or a laboratory. You learn something new every day, and I’m fascinated to understand more about my clients’ businesses, and how I can help them.”

Outside work, James can usually be found messing about in boats off the south coast, or in the New Forest with his two young sons and two Labradors.