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Linklaters
AVENUE JOHN F. KENNEDY 35
L-1855 LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg
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Work Department

Tax

Position

Danièle Buchler joined Linklaters Luxembourg’s tax practice in 2009 and was promoted to Partner in May 2023. She regularly advises corporate clients on the Luxembourg tax aspects of cross-border reorganisations and assists investment managers in the set-up and tax structuring of joint venture companies and fund vehicles. She further has significant expertise in the tax structuring of private equity transactions and, more generally, the downstream structuring of fund investments across all asset classes. Aside from her focus on funds and financial investors, Danièle also advises on the various tax angles of local real estate transactions both by way of share deals and asset deals.

Career

  • May 2023 to date Partner, Linklaters, Luxembourg
  • May 2022 to date Counsel, Linklaters, Luxembourg
  • 2020 – 2022 Consultant, Linklaters, Luxembourg
  • 2015 – 2020 Managing Associate, Linklaters, Luxembourg
  • 2009 – 2015 Associate, Linklaters, Luxembourg

Memberships

Danièle was admitted to the Luxembourg Bar in 2010 and is a member of the Luxembourg branch of the International Fiscal Association as well as actively involved in a number of working groups of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI), in particular regarding DAC 6 and the different ATAD initiatives. She also takes part in the Young Tax Leaders and PE4W committees of the Luxembourg Private Equity Association (LPEA).

Education

  • 2008 – 2009 LL.M. in International Financial Law, King’s College London, School of Law (UK)
  • 2007 – 2008 Master II of Law, University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne (France)
  • 2006 – 2007 Master I of Law, McGill Faculty of Law (Canada) / University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne (France)
  • 2003 – 2006 Bachelor of Law, University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne (France)

Lawyer Rankings

Luxembourg > Tax

Often working in close co-ordination with transactional lawyers across the corporate, funds and finance groups, in particular, and also having access to the expertise of lawyers spread throughout the firm’s international network of offices, the ‘organised, knowledgeable and highly responsive’ team at Linklaters excels in providing the appropriate tax structuring pursuant to cross-border mandates in M&A, financing and restructuring contexts. Joakim-Antoine Charvet has an ‘excellent knowledge and competence of the Luxembourg law’ and heads up a team that also includes Danièle Buchler, who provides ‘a practical and well-rounded approach’ to asset managers in the set-up and tax structuring of joint venture companies and fund vehicles.