Pierre Goyat
Clifford Chance2
Tax
At Clifford Chance, the practice covers all tax aspects of corporate, real estate and finance transactions, including M&A, real estate and private equity funds structuring, real estate investments, LBOs, joint ventures, financing transactions and tax litigation. Its client roster features investment firms, French corporates, financial institutions and sovereign funds. Eric Davoudet specialises in the tax aspects of property investments, REITs, OPCIs and real estate investment funds. Davoudet jointly leads the practice alongside Alexandre Lagarrigue whose expertise lies in LBOs, M&A transactions and group reorganisations.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Very available team.’
‘Alexandre Lagarrigue, pragmatism, understanding of customer needs, very educational, excellent negotiator.’
‘Excellent knowledge, availability, responsiveness, pro-activity, efficiency, rigor.’
Key clients
- AEW
- Atos Se
- Rexel
- RedTree Capital
- Axa
- Eurazeo
- QIA
- EDF
- Amundi
- Accor
- Schroders
- Ipsen
- Primonial
- L'Oréal
- Engie
- Amundi
- Spie
- Oreima
- Axel Springer
- DWS
- IREIT Global
- Pernod Ricard
- BlackRock
- TotalEnergies
- BNP Paribas REIM
- CMA CGM
Work highlights
- Advising TotalEnergies on its exclusive negotiations with Alimentation Couche-Tard for the setting up of a partnership in Belgium and Luxembourg and the sale of its retail networks in Germany and the Netherlands.
- Advising Atos on its separation plan resulting in spinning the group off into two publicly listed companies.
- Advised La Banque Postale and LBP AM on the acquisition of La Financière de l'Échiquier.
Lawyers
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Leading individuals: Property tax
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Alexandre Lagarrigue
Clifford ChanceLeading individuals: Transactional/corporate tax
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Alexandre Lagarrigue
Clifford ChancePractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Eric Davoudet, Alexandre Lagarrigue