Tax law
Menlo Avocats advises clients on tax law, particularly on the tax aspects of transactions involving companies and their executives.
Our lawyers intervene in the following fields:
Corporate Taxation
Legal support of companies in tax law for the definition of their tax strategy and for the calculation and payment of their taxes.
Taxation of acquisitions and disposals of companies and fundraising operations
Legal support on taxation of the different stages of mergers and acquisitions and private equity, financing, LBO, and management packages.
Tax audits and litigation
Technical support in relations with auditors.
Legal support to challenge demands for additional taxes due.
Transfer pricing
Drafting documentation to justify the transfer-pricing policies according to French rules.
Management of relations with the administration in case of tax audit transactions (friendly settlements or prior agreements on transfer pricing).
Executives’ personal tax issues
Income and assets taxation.
Tax audit of wealth structuring.
Transfer of companies, especially in a family context, family operations with leverage (OBO, FBO).
Gift taxes and inheritance taxes.
Income tax (French “IR”) and Wealth tax on real estate (French “IFI”) return preparation.