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Tax

The ‘very responsive and attentive team’ at CMS Francis Lefebvre is equipped to handle the gamut of tax mandates, namely VAT, corporate tax, transfer pricing, personal taxation and tax litigation matters. Key contacts include Stéphane Austry, who coordinates the firm’s tax litigation group; Bruno Gibert, who heads up the transfer pricing group; Edouard Milhac, who advises on the tax structuring of M&A and private equity transactions; Anne-Sophie Rostaing (corporate and real estate tax); Jean-Charles Benois (tax structuring and litigation); and ’talented tax specialist’ Philippe Gosset, who advises banks, investment companies and managers on wealth and income tax matters.
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Témoignages

Collectés indépendamment par l'équipe de recherche du Legal 500.

  • ‘A very responsive and attentive team. Solid technical VAT expertise combined with a pragmatic approach. A deep understanding of our operations and our risk management approach allows us to provide tailored and timely advice.’

  • ‘Amélie Retureau and Emilie Dufour - we have a relationship built on complete trust and can share our positions and discuss them very openly, which means being able to debate freely and be receptive to each other's arguments.’

  • ‘The team was proactive, clear communication on budget, deliverables and timing and lived up to their promises. They are very knowledgeable with the required expertise for the case we had at hand. I am positive about this team and would use them again.’

  • ‘The team was proactive, clear communication on budget, deliverables and timing and lived up to their promises. I worked with Edouard Milhac and he is very knowledgeable with the required expertise for the case we had at hand. I am positive about this team and would use them again.’

  • ‘Team strengths and assets: responsiveness, teaching skills, business partner.'

  • ‘Frédéric Gerner: highly competent, responsive, a good communicator, and always available. Gaëtan Berger-Picq: a business partner who listens to his clients' needs.’

Clients clés

  • Tennaxia
  • Colas Rail
  • Freo Groupe
  • Vivendi
  • Canal Plus
  • Union of French Airports
  • Nuveen Rea Estate
  • Neoen S.A.
  • Eurenco
  • BNP Paribas
  • Vorwerk
  • Tepsa Group

Points forts

Advised Neoen SA and its top management on the tax and legal aspects of the acquisition of a majority stake by a consortium led by Brookfield Asset Management and the simplified cash tender offer followed by a successful mandatory squeeze-out.
Assisted the Union of French Airports (UAF) in proceedings before the French Superior Administrative Court (Conseil d’État) to challenge the constitutionality of the law that imposes tax on long-distance transport infrastructure, which is payable by the French motorway concessions and major airports.
Assistance on a major personal tax audit to Jean-Pierre Foucault, one of the most famous French TV presenters.
Autres avocats clés

Stéphane Austry; Bruno Gibert; Amélie Returea; Anne-Sophie Rostaing; Jean-Charles Benois; Emilie Dufour; Edouard Milhac; Frédéric Gerner; Gaëtan Berger-Picq; Philippe Gosset