The tax practice at Bredin Prat is highly regarded for its assistance to domestic and international companies and investment funds on issues pertaining to M&A, private equity, real estate transactions and corporate restructurings. In addition, the team assists clients with tax controversies and is well versed in defending clients before the tax courts. On the private client front, the team handles the structuring of real estate investments through French-listed real estate investment companies. It is particular active in the technology, banking, automotive, luxury, food, TMT and retail sectors. The team is led by Yves Rutschmann whose expertise is highly regarded. Sébastien de Monès, Anne Robert, Pierre-Henri Durand and Julien Gayral are also key members of the practice and have significant experience handling M&A, private equity and real estate transactions. Jean-Florent Mandelbaum is knowledgeable of reorganisations and Victor Camatta is a key name for tax litigation and audits.

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‘Bredin Prat's tax teams provide very high quality services, with a remarkable level of technical expertise.’
‘the tax department provides detailed, quality responses. Security and schema compliance set them apart. The team combines high-level specialization in tax law, remarkable quality and a very effective collaborative approach.’
‘Anne Robert is a lawyer who demonstrates great intellectual rigor in her consultations. She knows how to be responsive for her clients while guaranteeing high file security.’
‘The team is of superlative quality, business oriented and has an outstanding reputation with the tax authority.’
‘Efficiency, intelligence, their ability to reason on the most difficult subjects. They are far ahead of their competitors on tax engineering issues.’
‘The team is multidisciplinary, always available and able to respond promptly to difficult problems. The in-depth knowledge and great experiences of the members of the team enable them to provide unique insights and perspectives.’
‘Julien Gayral is an expert in the field and always available. He is able to offer sound and detailed legal advice customised to the client’s strategy. He is technically very strong’

Key clients

Altitude
AXA
Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel
BPCE
Covea
Dentressangle
EDF
EssilorLuxottica
Eurazeo
Five Arrows Principal Investments
General Electric
KKR
LVMH
Microsoft
Netflix
Rothschild & Co and Concordia
Sagard
Stellantis
Sienna IM
Téthys
Transition
Ubisoft and Guillemot family

Work highlights

Advised EDF on the tax aspects of the public offer launched by the French state to acquire the shares of EDF that it does not hold yet (approximately 16%), to be followed by EDF’s delisting.
Advising Rothschild & Co and Concordia, the holding company of the Rothschild family and Rothschild & Co's largest shareholder, on the tax aspects of the pending take-private of Rothschild & Co by Concordia by way of a tender offer for the Rothschild & Co shares at €48.0 per share with dividends attached and the request of the implementation of a squeeze-out.
Advised Stellantis on the tax aspects of the repurchase of 69.1 million Stellantis shares from General Motors, representing approximately 2.2% of Stellantis’ share capital.

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