Tax

Our French tax team is recommended by “The Legal 500 2011: Europe, Middle East & Africa”.

Major businesses in sectors such as transport, energy and infrastructure, as well as leading French and foreign banks and investment funds, rely on the specialist tax expertise of our Paris office. We offer you state of the art tax structuring advice to leverage your M&A transactions, restructurings and financings. Our team works seamlessly on your most complex transactions with cross-departmental teams drawn from our offices across Europe, Canada, Africa, the Middle East and the Asia Pacific region.

As the world’s leading asset finance firm, we are heavily involved in providing with tax advice with respect to major cross-border leasing transactions. We are also consulted by market leaders in the fast-growing renewable energy industry, advising on both the acquisition of assets and their financing.

Our non-contentious tax expertise also covers investment funds and real estate transactions. Our Islamic finance expertise has also enabled us to be at the forefront of the development of Sharia-compliant financial products.

Our Paris team has extensive experience in dealing with audits carried out by French tax authorities and consequently we are particularly familiar with tax disputes. We generally attempt to settle such disputes without recourse to the courts; however, where litigation is required, we defend your interests vigorously.