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Maples Group

Tax

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Maples Group

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About

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The Maples Group's Tax team advises international and Irish companies, financial institutions, investment funds, banks and family offices on Ireland's international tax offerings.

The Tax team takes pride in both the technical excellence and the transactional capabilities of its tax lawyersAs part of ainternational law firm, our tax lawyers develop new structures and strategies for our international clients.

We participate actively in industry associations, including the Irish Funds International Tax Committee, the Irish Debt Securities Association Tax Committee, the Irish American Chamber of Commerce Tax Committee and the Irish Law Society Tax Committee.  Andrew Quinn serves as Chairman of the Irish Debt Securities Association, the industry organisation which promotes Ireland as the premier European location for activities to support the global structured finance and debt securities industries.

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Tax - Ireland

Band 2

Band 2


What the Team is Known For

Maples is well regarded for its knowledge and experience in investment funds and structured finance, frequently acting for investment managers and banks, as well as major corporates, on the tax aspects of cross-border M&A and financing transactions. The law firm advises clients on a broad spectrum of tax issues, including sophisticated property deals, loan portfolio transactions, investment platform formation and tax litigation.

Work Highlights

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  • Maples acted for HPS Investment Partners on the tax aspects of the establishment of a joint venture aviation leasing platform.

Strengths

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  • The Maples team is very commercial and extremely responsive, oftentimes under tight timelines.

    Tax respondentEurope
  • The team finds practical solutions to tricky legal issues.

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  • Maples offers technical excellence and responsiveness.

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  • Maples has a very impressive calibre of talent across the board.

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  • The team is responsive, offers practical expertise and goes the extra mile.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 2Andrew Quinn
    Band 2Andrew Quinn

    Andrew Quinn

    Andrew Quinn assists clients with the tax aspects of investments, refinancing transactions and capital markets mandates.

    • Andrew is very client centric and thoughtful. He does a very nice job of finding a solution to a number of problems. He is very proactive and responsive.

      Tax respondentEurope
    • Andrew is a fantastic tax lawyer with a clear mind. He is able to communicate clearly and effectively at all times, including when dealing with particularly complex issues.

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    • Andrew Quinn is smart and very available.

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    • Andrew helps clients to synthesise some very complicated concepts and works through them with ease and comfort. He is an excellent tax practitioner.

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    • He has good experience and is well known in tax circles.

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  • Band 2William Fogarty
    Band 2William Fogarty

    William Fogarty

    William Fogarty advises investment funds, asset management companies and technology sector clients on a variety of tax mandates, including tax disputes and the tax aspects of loan obligations, acquisition financing and capital markets transactions.

    • He is an expert in his area, providing reliable, clear and knowledgeable advice and guidance on very complex transactions.

      Tax respondentEurope
    • He provides intelligent insights and well-thought-out, commercially focused advice.

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    • William is brilliant and can explain a complex situation in simple terms. He is very responsive and very commercially aware.

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    • He is extremely knowledgeable and helpful with tax matters.

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  • Up and ComingLynn Cramer
    Up and ComingLynn Cramer

    Lynn Cramer

    Lynn Cramer advises financial services firms on the tax aspects of capital markets transactions. She has extensive experience in securitisation transactions and restructurings.

    • She delivers very good tax input.

      Tax respondentEurope
    • Lynn is very reliable on tax matters and will structure a deal to ensure there are no hiccups.

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