The team at Dentons advises on matters related to transactional tax, real estate tax, transfer pricing, individual tax, charities and not-for-profit tax issues. The team is a popular choice for clients in the the luxury goods, cosmetics, W&I insurance, biotechnology and medical devices sectors. Practice head Gianluca Calisti is an experienced transactional tax lawyer, with specific expertise in the real estate sector. Sandra Hazan is a key name for restructuring and transfer pricing policy advice; Julien Le Guyader focuses on pharmaceutical tax disputes and transactions; and Jérôme Le Berre has strong knowledge of the life sciences sector.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Team strengths: Excellent knowledge of the industry and technical specificities. Strength of proposal, responsiveness, availability, follow-up of files.’

  • ‘Julien Le Guyader - Beyond the quality of his advice and knowledge, he stands out for his availability and accessibility.’

  • ‘Multi-disciplinary teams are even able to support their clients in all the subtleties of the different rights.’

  • ‘Professional knowledge of the client - Strength in listening and sharing’

  • ‘Think out of the box, innovative ideas, high level of availability, great communication, a can-do attitude which translates into clear, precise and successful action plans.’

Key clients

  • The founders of Valiantys
  • FUJIFILM group
  • Daiichi Sankyo
  • Groupama Gan REIM
  • CTC Mining
  • ITM Entreprises
  • Palladium/Papillon Group
  • Laboratoires Théa
  • Interparfums Inc.
  • Foncière du Rond Point
  • B2Gold Corp.
  • Eurasian Resources Group (ERG)
  • Veolia

Work highlights

  • Advised ITM Group (Intermarché – Groupement des Mousquetaires) on the tax aspects of the acquisition of approx. 180 shopping centers from the Casino Group retail group.
  • Advising Palladium Group on the restructuring of its corporate structure.
  • Advised Europastry on the tax aspects of its acquisition of Dawn Foods Frozen.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Gianluca Calisti  

Other key lawyers

Sandra Hazan, Jérôme Le Berre, Julien Le Guyader, Laurence Clot