Edouard Chapellier > Linklaters > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Linklaters
25 RUE DE MARIGNAN
75008 PARIS
France

Work Department

Tax

Position

Édouard is widely recognised as one of the leading tax practitioners in France and heads the firm’s French tax practice.

Édouard advises corporates, private equity firms and investment banks on domestic and international tax law, especially on the tax structuring of complex cross-border corporate, banking and capital markets transactions, including Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), joint ventures and real estate acquisitions.

Édouard also has extensive experience in structuring private equity and real estate investment funds in a range of jurisdictions, including Luxembourg, Jersey and France.

Career

2000 – present: Linklaters

Languages

French, English

Memberships

Édouard is a member of the tax committee of France Invest, the French professional organisation for private equity, and was instrumental in helping to draft the law that introduced limited partnerships into French law.

Édouard is also the French representative member in the tax committee of Invest Europe, and he regularly participates in a number of working groups with various French professional organisations. He has been serving as Chair of this committee since 2021.

Édouard regularly speaks at conferences on tax and funds subjects.

Education

Édouard studied law at the University of Paris-Sceaux and economics, accounting and tax at Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC Paris) and holds a post-graduate degree in corporate tax from the University of Paris-Dauphine.

Lawyer Rankings

France > Tax

(Hall of Fame)

Edouard ChapellierLinklaters

With a strong footing in the transactional market, Linklaters has extensive expertise in taxation relating to M&A and capital markets transactions. On the finance front, the group is also skilled at acquisition financings, structured financings, investment fund structuring and issuances of publicly traded securities. Edouard Chapellier sits at the head of the practice and specialises in the structuring of LBO, M&A and real estate transactions. Cyril Boussion ably supports the practice with specialist knowledge in the tax structuring and launch of private equity, infrastructure and real estate investment funds.

France > Private equity: Fund formation

The team at Linklaters specialises in the structuring and formation of private equity vehicles, funds of funds, ETFs and debt funds, as well as related regulatory, corporate, and tax mandates. Leadership of the practice is shared between tax and investment specialists Edouard Chapellier and Cyril Boussion; and Ngoc-Hong Ma, who has particular expertise in advising investment funds, private equity houses and financial institutions on the regulatory environment surrounding fund management.