The practice group at Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP garners praise for its ‘pragmatic approach and business acumen’ and is well-placed to advise on the tax aspects of LBO, IPO, and restructuring transactions, as well as handling transfer pricing and tax litigation mandates. Xenia Legendre leads the team and specialises in the tax structuring of M&A, restructuring and distressed acquisition transactions. Also noted is Ludovic Geneston, who deals with transactional work and tax audits.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Testimonials
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- ‘Strengths/assets: technical expertise, responsiveness, out-of-the-box thinking, attentiveness, close collaboration with management teams, and availability. Proactive even in post-closing actions. The team was composed equally of men and women.’
- ‘Alexis Caminel: highly skilled and knowledgeable about the challenges of small to large cap companies, proactive in finding solutions, and intervening at the right time. Alexis has raised the bar for the firm's tax team (which was already very good).’
- ‘Extremely reliable analysis and exceptional sagacity.’
- ‘Very humane and effective lawyers.’
- ‘A technically skilled, flexible, and readily available team with extensive expertise in their field. We trust their advice with a high degree of confidence.'
- 'A pragmatic approach and business acumen, unlike lawyers at other firms who are merely technicians without a broad perspective.’
Key clients
- Andera Expansion
- Ardian Expansion
- Bridgepoint
- Bureau Veritas
- Chequers Capital
- Claranova
- Dentresangle Capital
- GIMV
- Hivest Capital Partners
- Horus Finance
- IDI
- Intermediate Capital Group SAS
Work highlights
Advised Tikehau Capital on all tax aspects of its fundraising of more than €1bn dedicated to Egis.
Advised Ardian Expansion on all tax aspects of the acquisition of MasterGrid.
Advised Ardian Expansion on all tax aspects related to the acquisition of a majority stake in Groupe Orion.
Lawyers
Leading partners: Transactional/corporate tax
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Practice head
Xenia Legendre
Other key lawyers
Ludovic Geneston; Alexis Caminel