Malcolm Joy

As the Lead Partner of FD UK, Malcolm Joy has over three decades of expertise in transfer pricing and international tax. In addition to steering Frazier & Deeter’s growth in the UK, he serves as the firm’s Global Transfer Pricing Practice Leader and is responsible for transaction tax advisory services. Malcolm works with many fast-growing tech and biotech companies, supporting them with their expansion into the US. He also looks after the UK subsidiaries of many US-parented groups.

Malcolm has considerable experience in transfer pricing, including policy design, benchmarking, documentation, dispute resolution and value chain analysis. He frequently serves as a technical expert and speaker on international tax matters at industry events; notably, he led the team that was awarded the International Accounting Bulletin’s first-ever International Tax Adviser of the Year award. His deep technical tax expertise has made Malcolm a resource for leading news media such as BBC News and Bloomberg, where he has provided insight regarding OECD base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), among other topics.

Prior to joining the firm, Malcolm was in a variety of leadership roles in a Top Ten firm’s Tax Practice in the UK. There, he was the lead partner for the firm’s Transfer Pricing Practice and also led the Life Sciences Sector. Malcolm began his career at a Big Four firm, where he served as a Tax Director.