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Tax - Europe-wide

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

CMS benefits from local tax capabilities across many European jurisdictions, including in France, the CEE region, Portugal and Switzerland, with the capacity to offer a single-firm solution to many transactions or corporate restructuring matters. The law firm assists with the tax aspects of M&A, including tax due diligence and the transfer of assets in different jurisdictions, as well as litigation. It also has a notable offering on VAT, transfer pricing and indirect tax advisory mandates.

Notable practitioners

Paris-based Agnès de L'Estoile-Campi and Rome-based Federico Raffaelli co-head the law firm's global tax practice.

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Strengths

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  • CMS explains the issues clearly and also bring in a good structure and solution.

    Tax respondentEurope

  • The team's understanding of the industry and the specific tax issues was outstanding. What mattered just as much was how positive and motivated they remained throughout.

    Tax respondentEurope

  • CMS' in-depth tax expertise coupled with the ability to take a step back in terms of direction and strategy makes its support key. It brings all the necessary expertise to the table.

    Tax respondentEurope

  • CMS appears to be run seamlessly and without silos. In other words, people within CMS are utilising internal resources and bringing additional support to the process, as required.

    Tax respondentEurope

  • The firm's strengths include its extensive knowledge of national and European regulations, pinpoint precision in its work and finally kindness, reliability and punctuality in its dealings.

    Tax respondentEurope

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