Tax
In addition to assisting clients with day-to-day tax management, the tax team at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP also handles matters related to M&A, real estate tax and banking and finance tax. The team is also equipped to handle dealings with the tax authorities and litigation proceedings before national and European courts. Leading the team is Bruno Knadjian, who is a key name for transaction tax with expertise spanning business transfers, acquisitions and disposals of real estate and cross-border securitisations.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Strengths: - responsiveness - availability - communication - impeccable execution of tax work ’
‘Bruno Knadjian and Romain Martinez who stand out for their sense of customer service and the quality of the work rendered.’
‘Very professional, efficient and pragmatic team. HSF always responds quickly to our expectations, finding innovative solutions that can be applied in practice.’
‘Bruno Knadjian: pragmatic, modern approach, efficient.’
‘The team is particularly available and responsive, providing analyzes that are always technically in-depth, precise and clear, put into perspective by a good knowledge of market practices or those of the tax administration.’
‘Bruno Knadjian stands out for his pragmatism and his excellent reading of files, he knows how to put himself in the client's place to identify the issues of a file and provide quality advice on a technical and practical level.’
Key clients
- AFD Technologies
- Amarenco Solar Limited
- Air Liquide
- Boluda
- Capgemini Engineering (former Altran Technologies)
- CDS Group
- Cellnex Telecom
- Easyjet
- EssilorLuxottica
- Eurazeo
- Gras Savoye Willis Towers Watson
- Green Investment Group
- Groupe Aéroport de Paris (ADP)
- Groupe BPCE
- Groupe SEB
- Hartwood
- La Française Real Estate
- Latécoère
- Marex
- MCA Group
- Nexity
- Norske Skog Golbey
- OneWeb (Bharti Group)
- Oracle France
- Pearl Infrastructure Capital
- SAMSIC
- SoftBank Robotics Group Corp. (SBRG)
- SOS Oxygen
- Stago
- Teleperformance
- Tikehau Capital
- Veolia
Work highlights
- Advised OneWeb on the tax aspects of its proposed combination with Eutelsat Communications.
- Advised on the share capital increase and issuance of convertible bonds by Amarenco Solar Limited to the benefit of a new investor for an amount of c. €200 Million, plus a mezzanine loan of up to c. €100 Million.
- Advised Tikehau Capital, a French major finance and asset management company, on the acquisition of Hôtel California.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Bruno Knadjian