French companies, international groups, investment funds and executives routinely look to Sekri Valentin Zerrouk for support with the tax aspects of M&A, corporate financings, restructurings, and private equity and venture capital operations. Management packages also constitute a core area of expertise. Leadership of the group is shared between Jérôme Assouline, Sophie de Carné-Carnavalet (private wealth tax) and Brian Martin (transactional tax mandates).
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘A very good team in full development with strong technical skills.’
- ‘Jérôme Assouline is very professional with excellent contacts. The same is true of Brian Martin.’
- ‘Responsiveness, expertise. Brian Martin has excellent mental agility. His colleague Massimo Berti is also very responsive and offers sound advice.’
- ‘Very high-quality teams, strong expertise in tax.’
- ‘Brian Martin, tax lawyer, excellent technical skills, very available, good case management.’
- ‘A highly technical and competent team, with complementary expertise in various areas of taxation depending on the partners involved.’
Key clients
- IGZ and Zouari Family office
- IN Groupe
- SPIE
- Brightloop
- QIMA
- Otium Leisure
- Groupe Baelen
- Plantin
- Dai Nippon Printing
- GENEO Capital
- AccesSol
- Seven2 (formerly Apax Partners)
Work highlights
Advised IGZ and Zouari Family Office on the tax structuring of the acquisition of the entire stake (100%) of its co-shareholder, Lion Capital, in Picard Surgelés.
Advised IN Groupe on the tax structuring of the acquisition of IDEMIA Smart Identity.
Advising Brightloop on its sale to ABB.
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Practice head
Jérôme Assouline; Sophie de Carné-Carnavalet; Brian Martin