Mr Amar Hamouche > Baker McKenzie > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Amar Hamouche
Work Department
Tax
Position
Amar Hamouche is a Principal within the Tax practice group of Baker McKenzie’s Luxembourg office. He has over 20 years of experience. Prior to joining the Firm’s Tax team in 2011, Amar was Senior Tax Manager at Ernst & Young Luxembourg for over seven years and a member of the Financial Services Organization tax group, which focuses on Financial Institutions.
Amar has significant knowledge in the field of financial services, within which he solves corporate tax matters on behalf of international clients, such as investment funds and asset managers, as well as holding companies and private equity structures. He has experience in all areas of Luxembourg income tax law, with an emphasis on corporate taxation. In addition, Amar has significant experience in real estate tax and wealth management.
Amar’s practice focuses mainly on corporate and international taxation (including both inbound and outbound tax planning), as well as on M&A and real estate transactions. He has experience in all areas of Luxembourg income tax law, with an emphasis on corporate taxation. Amar also regularly advises on structured capital market transactions as well as fund, carried interest and management incentive plans structuring.
He is also very active within the private wealth sector, notably advising numerous family offices, HNWI and private bankers in the tax structuring of investments and estates, as well as in succession planning.
Languages
French, English, Berber
Memberships
Amar is a Luxembourg certified chartered accountant.
He is an active member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA), the Luxembourg Private Equity Association (LPEA), the association for the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI), the Fédération Entrepreneuriale Multisectorielle (FEDIL) and the Luxembourg Banking & Bankers association (ABBL).
Education
- Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (Degree in Luxembourg Taxation and International Tax)
- ICN Business School (France) (Master’s Degree in Management Control, Accountancy and Financial Management in Higher Education)
Lawyer Rankings
Luxembourg > Tax
(Leading partners)Combining local expertise with global best practice, the ‘knowledgeable and experienced’ team at Baker McKenzie acts on its own as well as frequently alongside international firmwide offices to provide ‘pragmatic and solutions-oriented advice’ on tax structuring associated with corporate and finance transactions, as well as advising on standalone compliance/advisory and litigation mandates. The team is best-known for its international tax structuring expertise, an area where the ‘highly experienced and sophisticated’ Diogo Duarte de Oliveira excels and is always able to advise on the most appropriate structure to facilitate fundraising and large-scale cross-border M&A transactions. Amar Hamouche also provides ‘pragmatic and solutions-oriented advice’ on corporate and international tax structuring for funds on their downstream investments (as well as on management incentive arrangements), in addition to a considerable volume of tax structuring associated with structured capital markets transactions. Antonio Weffer heads up the firm’s transfer pricing sub group and often handles applicable work for funds, multinational corporates and financial services firms. As well as his flow of tax structuring for corporates, funds and financial institutions, Olivier Dal Farra, who rounds out the team at a partner level, is also noted for his ‘comprehensive knowledge of wealth structuring solutions for private clients’.