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Freshfields

Tax

Europe Guide 2026 : Europe-wide


Freshfields

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Tax - Europe-wide

Band 1

Band 1


What the Team is Known For

Top-ranked Freshfields has an excellent network throughout the continent, boasting significant expertise in the UK, Germany, Austria, France, Spain and Italy. The law firm provides comprehensive tax advice to multinational clients across a range of sectors, including finance, technology, pharma and energy. Freshfields has an expansive tax advisory practice, with experience in applications for advance tax rulings on behalf of global financial services companies seeking to restructure their European operations. The law firm has further experience representing international corporates in tax investigations and audits coordinated between multiple European tax authorities and tax disputes. It also frequently assists with tax aspects of high value transactions.

Notable practitioners

London partner Jill Gatehouse leads the law firm's international tax practice.

Work Highlights

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  • Freshfields advised BNP Paribas Group on the tax aspects of its potential acquisition of AXA Investment Managers.

Strengths

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  • Freshfields has an eye for essential, really relevant risk points and offers very good communication skills in negotiations.

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  • The ability of Freshfields to handle very complex and cross-border transactions is a real strength.

    Tax respondentEurope
  • They are technically very good and very responsive. The team are proactive in driving projects forward and trying to provide commercially focused legal advice.

    Tax respondentEurope
  • Freshfields has outstanding technical knowledge, industry understanding and knowledge of the tax authority's approach.

    Tax respondentEurope
  • The firm stands out for its deep technical expertise, coupled with its thoughtful approach on how to strategically navigate contentious issues.

    Tax respondentEurope

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