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Tax
Mayer Brown
Client SatisfactionThe tax practice at Mayer Brown regularly assists clients with M&A transactions, private equity transactions and reorganisations and debt refinancing. On the tax advisory front, the team is knowledgeable of fund structuring, the structuring of management packages, corporate tax and personal tax-related matters. Specialising in fund structuring and transactional related matters, Laurent Borey co-heads the practice alongside Benjamin Homo, who regularly advises private equity clients and multinationals on M&A transactions and reorganisations. Other notable names in the team include Christopher Lalloz, who is active in litigation and tax audits, Olivier Parawan, Elodie Deschamps and Nicolas Danan.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Best tax structuring team in Paris, no equivalent.’
‘Excellent team, probably one of the best.'
'Recognized for its professionalism, technical knowledge, speed and excellence of execution, and also friendly. ’
‘Laurent Borey: ultra fast, understands the commercial issues of the deal and how to resolve them, problem-solver (always finds solutions), ultra technical obviously'
'Nicolas Danan and Benjamin Homo: ultra fast, great technical mastery, great execution capacity.’
‘Laurent Borey's team are always available, extraordinary and innovative skills. Tailor-made and innovation in each file!’
‘Always on the cutting edge - interested in what is being done. Rare team.’
‘This team excels in "thinking out of the box" with a level of competence and rigor that cannot be found anywhere else.’
Key clients
- Altice
- Ayming
- Bridgepoint
- Charterhouse Capital Partners
- Cooper Consumer Health
- CVC Capital Partners
- Eurazeo
- European Camping Group (ECG)
- Feu Vert
- Française des Jeux (FDJ)
- Funecap
- Gandi
- Grape Hospitality
- IDI
- Keensight Capital
- L Catterton
- Magellan Partners
- Mediawan
- Montefiore Investment
- Neftys Pharma (Alliando Group)
- Primonial
- Qualium Investissement
- Redslim AG
- Sabena Technics
- Sani/IKOS group (SIG)
- SERB
- Stirling Square Capital Partners
- Xp Fibre Network
Work highlights
- Advised Funecap Groupe and its management on a transaction over the capital of the group in the context of the reinvestment of all shareholders.
- Advised CVC Capital Partners on the structuring of the sale of the APRIL group to KKR. |
- Advised European Camping Group (ECG) and its management, on the acquisition of Vacanceselect from funds advised by Permira
Lawyers
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.
Leading individuals: Private equity tax
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Benjamin Homo
Mayer BrownNext Generation Partners: Transactional/corporate tax
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Elodie Deschamps
Mayer BrownPractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Laurent Borey, Benjamin Homo