Firm:	Grant Thornton
Position:	Partner - Head of Tax (ROI)
Address:	24-26 City Quay, Dublin 2, D02 NY19
Phone:	+353 1 680 5952
Email:	peter.vale@ie.gt.com
Personal URL:	https://www.grantthornton.ie/meet-our-people/peter-vale/

Special Areas:

Peter joined Grant Thornton in 2007 and was admitted to the partnership in 2010.

He works predominantly with large corporate groups, both headquartered in Ireland and overseas. Peter’s primary role with his clients is ensuring that their operations are structured as tax efficiently as possible. Peter also advises clients on significant transactions, such as property acquisitions, asset sales or disposals and Intellectual Property (IP) migrations.

Many of Peter’s clients have significant IP. Peter advises these clients on valuable tax incentives and reliefs aimed at attracting IP to Ireland, including tax allowances, R&D tax credits and the Knowledge Development Box.

In his role as Co-Leader of the Global firm’s cross border tax planning practice, Peter works with many of the Grant Thornton member firms on cross border transactions. This includes both inbound and outbound investment.

In addition to the above, Peter has significant experience working on M&A transactions both in the Irish market and also overseas, often in conjunction with his Grant Thornton network colleagues.

Qualifications:

Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI)
Fellow of the Irish Taxation Institute (ITI)
Chair of the CCABI tax committee
Bachelor degree in International Commerce (B.Comm) from University College Dublin (UCD)
Representative on the Main TALC (practitioner/Revenue) body