Strongly embedded into the domestic ecosystem, independent full-service heavyweight Elvinger Hoss Prussen has good insight into regulatory/legislative changes. It also draws upon excellent networking and business connections, ensuring that it provides ‘creative structural solutions to commercial issues’, both for standalone tax matters as well as concomitant to transactional work handled by the firm. ‘Extremely responsive and commercial’ team head Elisabeth Adam has deep knowledge across domestic and international tax law, both in the context of corporate and real estate transactions and through regularly representing clients in tax litigation. Isabelle Gervais advises on the tax aspects of investment funds and private equity investments, including transfer pricing, as well as the tax considerations in real estate acquisitions.

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Testimonials

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  • 'The tax team is technically excellent but excels at finding creative structural solutions to commercial issues.'
  • 'They have very good knowledge of tax and legal matters which allows us to provide effective advice to the client and provide them with judicious suggestions for the files being processed.'

  • ‘Elisabeth Adam is my go-to. She is extremely responsive and commercial, backed by technical excellence.’

  • ‘Elisabeth Adam is very knowledgeable and has a great ability to adapt to different requirements. Communication is fluid and she has great attention to detail.’

Key clients

  • ArcelorMittal Luxembourg S.à.r.l
  • Luxempart S.A.
  • Hamilton Lane Advisors LLC
  • Tikehau Capital
  • Codic International
  • Banque Havilland
  • Intelsat SA
  • Kronos Management Luxembourg
  • Jetfly Aviation S.A.
  • AMC Capital IV
  • Irish Life Investment Managers Limited (ILIM)
  • Pollen Street Capital

Work highlights

  • Advises Codic International SA on its acquisition from Nextensa NV/SA of GK5 S.à r.l., a Luxembourg company which owns the Titanium site in the newly developed Cloche d'Or district of the city of Luxembourg, and the financing of such acquisition.
  • Advises ArcelorMittal S.A. on an ongoing basis on the tax aspects of various transactions, notably internal reorganisations or real estate development projects.
  • Recently pleaded an important VAT case in front of the European Court of Justice.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Elisabeth Adam

Other key lawyers

Yves Prussen, Isabelle Gervais, Nadège Le Gouellec