Work Department

Taxation - International taxation.

Position

Stéphane Gelin is Head of the CMS Tax Group. In this position, he leads an international team of 400 tax lawyers. He specialises in international taxation and transfer pricing. He has advised French and international multinational corporations in this field for nearly thirty years. He has participated in several major projects involving the structuring of global transfer pricing, operational restructuring and the documentation of French and foreign transfer pricing. He offers his clients assistance in French and international tax litigation (specifically competent authority procedures, arbitration procedures and advance pricing agreements). He also advises clients on international financing matters, cross-border restructuring, joint ventures and acquisitions.

Education

Graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris (Economics and finance-1986); Master’s degree in business law and taxation (Paris V, 1983) ; DESS [postgraduate specialised diploma] in business law and taxation, with a speciality in applied taxation (Paris V, 1985).