The ‘very knowledgeable and experienced’ team at Clifford Chance provides a ’great mix of technical expertise and commercial awareness’ for clients seeking tax structuring advice pursuant to corporate, financing, investment and real estate transactions. Team head Geoffrey Scardoni is appreciated for his ability to ‘think outside-the-box’ and is at the forefront of the most significant mandates handled by the team, including his ongoing work for the Luxembourg VAT authorities in cases brought against it. In addition, Scardoni works very collaboratively with lawyers across the firm’s global network on high level alternative fund structuring matters and on complex financing transactions.
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- 'They really go the extra mile to accommodate the needs we have, even in how information is delivered.'
- 'First in class team, very knowledgeable and experienced , with a great mix of technical expertise and commercial awareness.'
- 'Geoffrey Scardoni is probably the best tax adviser in the country for all matters relating to fund structuring.'
- 'Geoffrey Scardoni is a stellar partner; he is up-to-date on all tax topics in Luxembourg and in close jurisdictions and always offers pragmatic solutions while providing the relevant risk framework.'
- 'Geoffrey Scardoni has an excellent ability to think outside the box.'
Key clients
- Luxembourg VAT authorities
- Octopus Energy
- Macquarie
- NIAM AB
- Nuveen Real Estate
- Lux-Airport
- Hillwood
- Ares Management, LLC
- Apollo Asset Management
- Banco Votorantim S.A.
- ABN AMRO
- BNP Paribas CIB
- Crédit Agricole CIB
- HSBC Corporate and Institutional Banking
- ING
- Five Arrows (Rothschild & Co)
Work highlights
Provided assistance with VAT litigation cases brought before Luxembourg courts by taxpayers.
Advised Apollo Asset Management on a cutting-edge multi-strategy umbrella fund, enabling private banks, HNW and true retail individuals – as well as institutional investors - to access the entire product offering of this extremely high-profile sponsor.
Advised a global asset manager in the establishment of a continuation fund designed to extend the lifecycle of select assets from a 2015 fund vintage, which are anticipated to yield promising returns.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Geoffrey Scardoni
Other key lawyers
Maxime Budzin; Josselin Badoc; Katharina Creutz; Antoine-David Freymann