Clifford Chance‘s tax team stands out for its in-depth knowledge in real estate tax work, acting for institutional investors and developers in fund structuring, transactional work, and disputes. In addition, it regularly assists in the tax restructuring of M&A deals for international corporates. Alexandre Ooms heads the team, a ’star’ with particular experience advising private equity clients and managing cross-border tax litigation. The team’s growing tax disputes practice has experience before the Supreme Court.
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‘Alexandre Ooms is pragmatic, very smart, very efficient and business driven. Good reflexes from a business perspective. I am fully confident in his expertise and approach.’
‘Alexandre Ooms is a star.'
‘We have been working with the team at Clifford Chance on multiple projects over the years. The team is highly professional and has a wide range of tax expertise. The quality of work is excellent – the team is always quick to respond and to support with pragmatic and solution-focused advice. It is a pleasure dealing with them and we have been very pleased with the services provided.’
‘Alexandre Ooms is an excellent tax lawyer with extensive expertise and significant knowledge of the market. He is always up-to-date, highly responsive and has a very pragmatic and great commercial sense, fully understanding clients’ needs. I very much appreciate his clear and to-the-point communication and briefings. He is very constructive and has a great ability to anticipate solutions.'
Key clients
- EVS
- Korian
- Engie
- Renault
- Sopra Steria
- Alstom
- Cityforward
- SFPIM
- Ethias
- Solvay
Work highlights
Advised Cityforward, SFPI/FPIM and Ethias on the tax and legal structuring of the acquisition from the EU Commission of their real estate portfolio which includes 21 office buildings in Brussels.
Advised Solvay and Syensqo on the tax aspects of the demerger and post-demerger tax and legal issues.
Advising Euroclear in relation to the application of the recently voted EU windfall taxation on the revenues generated by the blocked Russian assets held by Euroclear.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Alexandre Ooms
Other key lawyers
Stijn Van Walleghem; Thomas Linard de Guertechin