Laurent Olléon
Orrick4
Tax
Orrick handles a range of matters spanning disputes, investigations, M&A and private equity transactions, reorganisations, as well as matters related to warranties and indemnities. Highly regarded tax litigator Laurent Olléon heads the practice and leads on the team’s tax controversy matters. Jessie Gaston is also a name to note and is well versed in handling private equity corporate transactions and attendant tax risk. Anne-Sophie Kerfant left the firm in early 2024.
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Testimonials
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‘A tax team specialising in tax litigation, dealing with extremely complex subjects with almost unique expertise on the market. The work is based on a real partnership with the client, made of dialogue and in-depth exchanges, with a great open-mindedness and a remarkable strength of proposal.’
‘The strength of the team lies in its ability to analyze, anticipate and propose alternative solutions.’
‘Technical ability and responsiveness’
‘Jessie Gaston was very responsive and pre-active in co-ordinating global advice for our client and managing other stakeholders. Technically her feedback was also very clear and addressed our questions in a timely manner.’
‘On the tax law side, the Orrick team knows how to make itself quickly available when we need a consultation. The team is responsive and competent.’
‘Orrick is a renowned firm that is among the best in the world in my opinion. The quality of service provided is always excellent and is delivered on time. Orrick's strengths and assets are its responsiveness, flexibility, high level of professionalism, excellent quality of advice, and an exceptional level of negotiation with our investors and portfolio companies.’
‘Dynamic and flexible team, always attentive to meet the needs of its clients.’
Key clients
- 3i Infrastructure
- AIG Europe
- Akiem
- Alan
- Anaplan
- Antin Infrastructure
- Ardian
- Axa-REIM France
- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance
- BNP Paribas
- Boralex
- Bouygues Construction
- BPCE Group
- Cajoo Technology SAS
- Cisco Systems
- Claranova
- Dassault Systèmes
- Dataiku
- DIF Infrastructure
- EOS Holding
- Eurofiber
- Groupe Vendome
- Hachette Livre
- Intermarché
- L’Oréal
- LVMH
- Maybourne Hotels Group
- Natixis
- On.to
- Pasqal
- Renault
- RTE
- SEB Group
- Sequans Communications
- Stokke AS
- Sellsy
- SIACI Saint Honoré
- SNCF
- Société Générale
- Sorare
- Tenergie
- Tokio Marine hcc
- Vivendi
- Wildenstein
Work highlights
- Advises VMWare on the French tax and comp and benefits consequences of its merger with Broadcom.
- Advised Ardian Infrastructure on the €1.4 billion acquisition of a majority stake in GreenYellow from Groupe Casino, Tikehau Capital and Bpifrance.
- Representing BNP Paribas Arbitrage in a major corporate income tax dispute covering matters of high complexity: tax credits on foreign income, withholding tax on the so-called “CumCum” transactions, deemed distributions and transfer pricing.
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Laurent Olléon