Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Hall of fameLinklaters
Édouard is widely recognised as one of the leading tax practitioners in France and heads the firm’s French tax practice. Édouard advises corporates, private equity firms and investment banks on domestic and international tax law, especially on the tax structuring of complex cross-border corporate, banking and capital markets transactions, including Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), joint ventures and real estate acquisitions. Édouard also has extensive experience in structuring private equity and real estate investment funds in a range of jurisdictions, including Luxembourg, Jersey and France.
Hall of fameMcDermott Will & Emery AARPI
Niels Dejean focuses his practice on French tax matters, advising clients on tax law, tax controversy and dispute resolution, private equity and mergers & acquisitions areas. Before joining McDermott, Niels was the partner in charge of the French tax practice of a US law firm. He also has prior experience within a major audit firm (both in France and in the United States) and has particular strength in cross-border matters and the interaction of French and US tax
Olivia Rauch-Ravisé
Hall of fameLatham & Watkins
Olivia Rauch-Ravisé is a partner in the firm's Tax Department and the Office Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins’ Paris office. She is a former Co-Chair of the firm’s Women Enriching Business (WEB) Committee, whose mission is to promote women through trailblazing initiatives focused on women’s professional development, mentoring, and networking. She has strong experience in domestic and cross-border transactional tax law, notably in private equity and mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Rauch-Ravisé primarily handles the taxation of capital markets transactions (notably high yield), financial instruments, and structured financings. She has developed particular experience in tax issues relating to aircraft, rolling stock, and other asset financings. Ms. Rauch-Ravisé is particularly active in the financial institutions, oil and gas, and hospitality and gaming sectors. She is a member of the International Fiscal Association and of the Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux, and she is Chair of the Tax Committee of the European American Chamber of Commerce.
Stéphane Austry
Hall of fameCMS Francis Lefebvre
Coordinates the tax litigation and controversy group of the firm (domestic and international tax issues). Extensive experience on international taxation, interpretation and application of tax treaties.
Gauthier Blanluet
Hall of fameSullivan & Cromwell LLP
Laurent Borey
Hall of fameMayer Brown
Anne-Sophie Coustel
Hall of fameCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Bruno Gibert
Hall of fameCMS Francis Lefebvre
Partner specialised in international taxation and transfer pricing. On this last domain, he heads the Transfer Pricing group the CMS network has put in place within the Tax practice.
Eric Meier
Hall of fameBaker McKenzie
Leading individuals: Private clients
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Delsol Avocats
Mathieu LE TACON is co-head of the « Wealth law & taxation » department. He has developed recognized expertise in asset taxation and taxation of family-run companies : taxation of restructuring operations (contributions and disposal transactions, mergers, transfers of all assets and liabilities, founding and activation of French and foreign holding companies, active or inactive) taxation of company transfers (LBOs, OBOs, etc.) organization and optimization of asset transfers (implementation of DUTREIL agreements, manual donations of corporate securities, separation, quasi-usufruct agreements, etc.) optimization of asset tax situations (in view of income and/or wealth tax) family governance organization and management of overseas domicile transfers structure of French assets held by non-residents production and management of tax declarations (income tax, wealth tax/property wealth) adjustment of overseas assets and tax situations in a criminal context assistance in the settlement of complex/conflicting estates assistance in complex criminal proceedings relating to personal tax issues assistance with tax inspections and tax litigation (applications for authorization, transactions, etc.). He works primarily for entrepreneurs, directors, family shareholders and family-run companies.
Stéphanie Auféril
Arkwood SCP
Sophie Borenstein
Klein Wenner
Hervé-Antoine Couderc
Couderc Dinh & Associés
Emmanuel Dinh
Couderc Dinh & Associés
Sophie Dorison
Delaby Dorison Avocats
Marine Dupas
Arkwood SCP
Michaël Khayat
Arkwood SCP
Julien Riahi
Arkwood SCP
Marc Vaslin
Vaslin Associés
Jérôme Barré
YARDS
Leading individuals: Private equity tax
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
McDermott Will & Emery AARPI
Partner Antoine Vergnat focuses his practice on advice to French and non-French investment funds, corporate groups and entrepreneurs operating in the industrial, service and real estate sectors on a broad range of domestic and international tax matters. Antoine focuses his practice on transactional tax law, with an emphasis on matters relating to the acquisition and sale of assets, the financing and restructuring of groups, as well as the management of tax affairs and controversies before tax authorities. Antoine also regularly provides tax advice to high-net-worth individuals on a broad range of domestic and international tax matters and has significant experience in the structuring of equity compensation schemes for management teams. For further details of Antoine's biography, please view McDermott website here.
Raphaël Béra
DLA Piper
Fanny Combourieu
DLA Piper
Allard de Waal
Paul Hastings LLP
Benjamin Homo
Mayer Brown
Guillaume Valois
A&O Shearman
Leading individuals: Property tax
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.
Laurent Modave is a member of Gide's Tax practice group. He specialises in French and international tax law. His practice mainly concentrates on property-based transactions, mergers and acquisitions and group reorganisations. He has developed significant expertise in asset management issues and investment funds, including structuring real estate and private equity funds. Since 2004, he has conducted the discussions with the French tax authorities on the design and the implementation of the OPCI, the newly-created French non-listed REIT. He is also very active on transactions involving listed REITs (SIIC). Recently, Laurent Modave advised Solvay on the tax aspects of its proposed Euro 3.4 billion acquisition of Rhodia. He also advised UFG Rem on the purchase of a portfolio of hotels from the Accor group for a sale and leaseback transaction, Casino Group on an outsourcing of real estate assets, as well as Natixis on the split-up of a real estate investment fund and BNP Paribas bank on the restructuring of two of its funds. Laurent Modave is a frequent speaker on tax law and investment fund issues. He is a member of the Institut des Avocats Conseils fiscaux. He regularly authors publications on tax issues.
Pierre Appremont
GALM Avocats
Christine Daric
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Virginie Louvigné
Baker McKenzie
Olivier Mesmin
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Leading individuals: Tax litigation
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Gauthier Blanluet
Hall of fameSullivan & Cromwell LLP
Ariane Calloud
Baker McKenzie
Catherine Cassan
Pwc Société d'Avocats
Partner
Régis Torlet
Baker McKenzie
Leading individuals: Transactional/corporate tax
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.
Partner Magali Buchert specialises in tax law. She draws on recognised expertise in transaction tax (private and public mergers and acquisitions, complex restructurings, private equity operations). She also advises companies during tax audits and disputes, as well as on incentive schemes for their managers. Magali has also acquired specific expertise as regards the taxation of non-profit organisations.
Xavier Renard
Latham & Watkins
Xavier Renard is a partner in the Tax Department in the Paris office. Mr. Renard is active in the field of corporate taxation and provides general tax advice to French and multinational groups of companies, investment funds, and financial institutions. He also specializes in the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, financings of groups of companies, tax consolidation regimes, taxation of financial products, and asset financing transactions. Mr. Renard is a member of the International Fiscal Association and the Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux. He is also recognized as a key player in LBO taxation.
Vincent Daniel-Mayeur
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Nicolas de Boynes
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Guillaume Le Camus
Baker McKenzie
Véronique Millischer
Baker McKenzie
Cyril Valentin
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Mathieu Vignon
A&O Shearman
Leading individuals: Transfer pricing and international tax
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Caroline Silberztein
Baker McKenzie
Next Generation Partners: Private clients
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Next Generation Partners: Property tax
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Next Generation Partners: Transactional/corporate tax
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Charles-Henri de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
Goodwin
Elodie Deschamps
Mayer Brown
Chloë Nessim
Simmons & Simmons
Leading associates
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
McDermott Will & Emery AARPI
Anne-Sophie Maes focuses her French tax practice on tax audits and controversies, transfer pricing and tax aspects of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. She also has extensive experience advising clients on financings, capital markets transactions and employee offerings.
Charles del Valle
A&O Shearman
Charles Filleux-Pommerol
A&O Shearman
Jérémie Yéni
Simmons & Simmons
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