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Ms Sabina Comis

Work Department
Tax
Position
Partner
Career
Sabina Comis advises French and international companies on domestic and international tax structurings that arise from complex transactions, restructurings and refinancings often involving multiple sponsors. Ms. Comis also regularly represents clients in tax dispute resolutions. She has a wealth of experience in creating and structuring private investment funds, including joint ventures and private equity vehicles. In addition, Ms. Comis has developed a specific know-how in being able to help clients in the modeling of cash repatriations, waterfall mechanisms in private equity deals and funds documentation.
Languages
French, Italian, English
Education
The London School of Economics and Political Science, LL.B., 1995; University of Cambridge, LL.M., Commercial Law, 1996; The College of Law, London, 1997
Lawyer Rankings
France > Tax
(Leading individuals: Private equity tax)Co-managing partner Sabina Comis has established Dechert LLP as one of the market’s go-to practices for sophisticated private equity work, spanning transactions and fund formation, a remarkable combination in the market. The compact team, which runs mostly as a stand-alone practice, is in high demand and worked on a high number of transactions in 2021. Large French, US and UK and mid-size funds are clients, as well as leading French family offices and high-level CEOs in relation to fund formation and investment work. The team is also the preferred advisor to a leading US private equity house for its largest transactions in France. The tax team has recently diversified its range of intervention, notably assisting colleagues from other practice areas. For instance, the group recently advised on a real estate tax transaction and was involved in a very large international M&A transaction involving several offices abroad. Lately, the tax team also has assisted several individual private investors with their relocation from London to Paris. Senior associate Etienne Bimbeau is the other key name in the team.
France > Private equity: Fund formation
(Leading individuals)Dechert LLP’s team is a strong choice for advice on the formation of venture capital, growth capital and buyout funds. In addition, its other work includes exits and IPOs, secondary transactions, fund reviews and transactions for management companies. The firm’s roster of clients includes sponsors, PE funds and institutional investors. The group is led jointly by Sabina Comis and Cyril Fiat.
Paris > Droit fiscal
(Les grands avocats du marché: Private equity)Associée co-gérante du bureau parisien de Dechert LLP, Sabina Comis a construit une pratique fiscale incontournable sur le segment du capital-investissement, couvrant à la fois les opérations transactionnelles et la formation de fonds dans ce domaine ; une compétence combinée plutôt rare sur le marché. L’équipe fiscale est compacte et fonctionne principalement de manière autonome. Elle est très sollicitée et a traité de nombreuses transactions en 2021. La base de clientèle est constituée de grands fonds français et anglo-saxons, ainsi que de grands family offices français et de dirigeants de grandes entreprises. L’équipe est le conseil de référence d’une société de gestion de private equity américaine prestigieuse pour ses plus importantes opérations en France. Parallèlement, l’équipe fiscale intervient en soutien des autres pôles d’expertises du cabinet. Elle a ainsi été impliquée dans une importante opération immobilière, ainsi que dans une opération internationale de fusions-acquisitions de grande envergure ayant impliqué plusieurs bureaux étrangers du cabinet. Dernièrement, l’équipe fiscale a aussi accompagné des investisseurs privés dans le cadre de leur relocalisation de Londres à Paris. L’équipe compte également dans ses rangs le collaborateur senior Etienne Bimbeau.
Paris > Private equity > Formation de fonds
(Les grands avocats du marché)Dechert LLP est recommandé pour la structuration des fonds de capital-risque, de capital développement et de LBO. La pratique couvre aussi les introductions en bourse, les opérations secondaires et autres transactions menées par des sociétés de gestion. La base de clientèle comprend des sponsors, des fonds de capital-investissement et des investisseurs institutionnels. La pratique est codirigée par Sabina Comis et Cyril Fiat.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals - France > Private equity: Fund formation
- Leading individuals: Private equity tax - France > Tax
- Private equity: Fund formation - France
- Tax - France