DLA Piper Luxembourg provides ‘solid and practical advice’ to a fund-focused client base, assisting with both their upstream and downstream work. ’Responsive, knowledgeable and pragmatic’ team head Luis Muñoz has strong ties among mid-sized fund managers and regularly handles the Luxembourg-related tax structuring associated with private equity and real estate funds – often working closely with other lawyers throughout the firm’s international network. As global co-chair of the firm’s tax group, the ‘knowledgeable, commercial and client-oriented’ Jacques Wantz has excellent insight into international tax matters, which he utilises to good effect on cross-border structuring mandates. Michal Stepien heads up the office’s relatively newly established transfer pricing offering following his recruitment from a Big 4 firm in May 2024.
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Testimonials
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- 'Luis Munoz is an excellent tax partner and always available when needed. He coordinates across jurisdictions to help answer our sometimes complex tax queries.'
- 'Luis Munoz is possibly the most responsive, knowledgeable and pragmatic adviser I've ever had the pleasure of working with.'
- 'Jacques Wantz is very knowledgeable, commercial and client oriented.'
- 'A great team of individuals, all experts in their specific areas of tax / jurisdictions.'
- 'Highly personable and goes the extra mile for their clients. Really commercial advice. Our closest and most trusted adviser in Luxembourg.'
- 'Jacques Wantz is what makes DLA stand apart for us - he is very knowledgeable, commercial and client orientated.'
- 'DLA Luxembourg brings stellar technical knowledge with practical, commercial realism, resulting in solid and practical advice. Excellent collaboration, and available to brainstorm and work through problems on a call.'
Key clients
- Ardian France
- BTG Pactual
- Campbell Global
- Claret Capital Partners Limited
- Colliers Global Investors
- Energy Infrastructure Partners
- Generali Investments
- Novaxia Investment
- Seven2
- Stoneweg
Work highlights
Assisted Claret Capital Partners, a London-based private equity firm specializing in providing growth capital to innovative small and medium-sized enterprises across Europe, on the tax structuring, establishment and launch of a complex parallel fund structure.
Advised Seven2, a leading private equity firm in Europe, on the tax aspects of the establishment of a continuation fund to support the companies Marlink and Crystal.
Practice head
Luis Muñoz
Other key lawyers
Jacques Wantz; Emre Akan; Michal Stepien; Matteo Pogliani