Tax
Europe Guide 2024 : Luxembourg
Band 2
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Clifford Chance focuses on advising financial sector clients on the tax structuring aspects of corporate transactions, fund formations and capital markets mandates. The team also acts on regulatory matters, such as legislation around tax avoidance, and represents clients in contentious tax mandates, often concerning VAT. Clients also benefit from the firm's international network for cross-border advice.
Work Highlights
- Clifford Chance represented the Luxembourg VAT authorities in proceedings bought by taxpayers before the Courts.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Clifford Chance lawyers were always very precise and innovative in their solutions of complex and sophisticated matters."
"Clifford Chance lawyers were always very precise and innovative in their solutions of complex and sophisticated matters."
Notable Practitioners
Geoffrey Scardoni is particularly sought after by clients from the financial services sector for advice on a variety of tax matters, including the tax aspects of real estate transactions, fund set-up and capital markets issuances.
"Geoffrey Scardoni is absolutely fantastic. He is always pragmatic, understands us and our concerns and he is great to work with."
"Geoffrey Scardoni's responsiveness, his capacity to handle sophisticated and complex transaction, his accuracy in every advice given and his great knowledge of his field have always been key to our business."
"He is, in my view, one of the best tax lawyers in Luxembourg."