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Tax
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Client SatisfactionCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton's tax practice is highly regarded for its expertise in structuring M&A transactions, LBOs, management packages and joint-venture transactions. In addition, the team has worked on several capital market transactions, including IPOs and hybrid debt, convertible and high-yield bond offerings. The team is led by Anne-Sophie Coustel, whose expertise lies in the tax aspects of domestic and cross-border public and private M&A transactions, joint ventures and reorganisations. The practice welcomed Benjamin Boisanté in 2023 from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Exceptional in strategic advice for complex tax files.’
‘Anne-Sophie Coustel: mastery of complex files’
‘Very dedicated and efficient team.’
‘Anne-Sophie Coustel is outstanding in her analysis, proactivity and capacity to deliver outstanding services.’
‘Excellent responsiveness, out of the box thinking. One of the best teams’
‘The best in efficiency, M&A technicality and pragmatism.’
Key clients
- 3M
- ENGIE
- Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.
- GlobalFoundries
- Sixth Street
- Applied Materials, Inc.
- Sienna Capital
- Solvay
- Veolia
- NVHL
- Latour Capital
- Accor Acquisition Company
- Tikehau Capital
- Worldline
- Edenred
- Natixis
Work highlights
- Represented the Louis Delhaize group in its project to sell the Cora and Match banners in France to Carrefour.
- Representing Worldline in connection with its partnership with the Crédit Agricole Group to create a major player in the French payments market for merchants.
- Represented Latour Capital in its acquisition of Gutor from Schneider Electric SE (Schneider Electric)
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Practice head
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Anne-Sophie Coustel