Hassan Khan

Hassan Khan is a senior partner and founder of The Khan Partnership, an internationally focused law firm designed for the pace of the 21st century world. He specialises in tax, commercial litigation, international arbitration and international commercial projects.
The Khan Partnership works in total partnership with its globally based corporate clients and high-net-worth private clients, providing them with the insight, guidance and innovative legal and commercial solutions they need to achieve their objectives.
The firm is an independently recognised top-tier UK leader in tax, duties
and associated regulation. Leading independent guide Chambers UK has consistently given The Khan Partnership a band 1 ranking in these areas, recognition of the firm’s in-depth expertise and results-driven approach.
The Khan Partnership’s Tax, Duties and Regulatory Team include members who have formerly held senior positions within HM Revenue & Customs and other Government departments. The team can therefore help achieve client commercial objectives with their experience of the internal policy and decision-making process of these agencies.
The firm will always seek to achieve settlement when possible; however, wherever necessary, it is well equipped to fight HMRC on its clients’ behalf.
The Khan Partnership can help importers and exporters ease the overall tax burden and boost businesses competitiveness in the marketplace by taking advantage of the opportunities to obtain relief on the payment of customs duties and to devise effective and robust compliance systems.
The Khan Partnership is recognised by independent legal guides Chambers UK and Legal 500 as a top ranking firm in customs duty link to duty page and excise law. Its advisers will assist at every stage of a HMRC duty enquiry and investigation and have a genuine depth of experience advising on excise duty across the supply chain and successfully challenging unfair treatment by HMRC.
The Khan Partnership advises on all aspects of export controls. They can help obtain the relevant licences from Government bodies including HMRC and advise on whether goods are ‘dual use’ and subject to licensing. In the wake of rising global conflict, exporters are facing greater scrutiny and the penalties for breaching legislation are severe, including lengthy prison sentences, multi-million pound fines and confiscation of assets under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. If you are facing investigation or prosecution from HMRC or any other regulatory body for breaches of export controls, the firm’s experts will defend your case and secure a positive outcome for you and your company.
VAT rules are complex and ever-changing. If you are entering new markets, expanding internationally or becoming part of a global supply chain, you will have to manage challenging and constantly evolving VAT legislation. The Khan Partnership’s tax team can navigate complicated UK and international VAT systems, overcome the challenges and achieve better returns for businesses. They advise on all aspects of VAT planning and can help minimise VAT liabilities on acquisitions and disposals.
Mr Khan’s expertise in complex HMRC cases led to him being instructed to act for Bond House Systems Limited in the landmark test case against HMRC before the European Court of Justice, a precedent for over 200 further cases involving
over £1.6bn in tax. He is recognised in independent legal guides ‘Chambers’,
‘Legal Experts’ and ‘The Legal 500’ as a UK leader in complex customs and tax matters.
Mr Khan works in United Kingdom and cross-border fraud litigation, arbitration and commercial litigation. He also advises on international commercial projects with tourism, mineral resources and Islamic finance specialisms. He has been legal counsel to the Customs Practitioners Group and UK Warehousing Association on customs and tax matters since 2002.
He has successfully conducted billions of pounds of disputes and projects in the last five years. He won a major US$600 million Hedge Fund Arbitration in 2011 acting against a major UK and US bank.
Mr Khan specialises in all areas of tax law, high value and complex cross-border commercial disputes, international fraud litigation and arbitration. He has successfully conducted cases involving billions of pounds.
He also regularly advises on international projects with a focus on natural resources, infrastructure and Islamic finance.
He is recognised in the leading independent legal guides, Best Lawyers USA, Chambers and Partners, and the Legal 500 UK, as a leader in complex customs and excise tax matters and international fraud. He has been legal counsel to the Customs Practitioners Group and the UK Warehousing Association on customs and tax matters since 2002.
Notable cases include successfully conducting a USD 600 million hedge fund arbitration in 2011/12 against a major UK and US bank.
In 2014 he won a GBP 120 million royalty dispute for African land owners claiming 25 years of unpaid royalties on an iron ore mine listed on the London Stock Exchange.
In 2014 he won an oil exploration dispute against an international Fortune 350 oil and gas company for GBP 94 million of work carried out. He successfully obtained an injunction freezing a major exploration asset.
He successfully represented a former Head of State of a country of 160 million people against an Interpol Red Notice.
Career:

• 1994 – Qualified
• 1995 - HM Revenue & Customs Solicitor’s Office
• 2000 - Senior Lawyer and European legal affairs co-ordinator HM Revenue & Customs
• 2001 - Head of VAT and Customs Baker & McKenzie, London

Established Hassan Khan & Co, now The Khan Partnership LLP, 2004.
Education:
1990 - Nottingham University (LLB)
2002 - Westminster London Business School (MBA)