Bruno Gibert reappointed as Chairman of the EU Joint Transfer Pricing Forum

Bruno Gibert, a partner at CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre, has been reappointed for the third time as Chairman of the EU Joint Transfer Pricing Forum, a body established by the European Commission in 2002 bringing together experts from the 28 Member States and 18 representatives of the private sector, as well as, for the first time, from the academic and charitable sectors.

The group's initial aim was to develop a strategy to reduce compliance costs and remove tax obstacles hindering cross-border economic activity between EU countries. The committee's consultative role involves issuing conclusions which do not necessarily concern any legislative initiative.
In this capacity, it has developed rules in relation to transfer pricing documentation, used as a basis for those introduced in France in 2010, and rules in relation to advance pricing agreements (APAs) and management fees agreements.

Bruno Gibert holds a degree from l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (1979), a master’s in corporate and tax law from Université Paris II (1980) and a degree from Ecole Nationale d’Administration (1985). A high-ranking civil servant, he started his career at France’s Economics, Finance and Budget Ministry, where he occupied various positions, in particular as head of one of the international tax relations units (1988-1990) and head of the corporate tax unit (1992-1993). He then served as Tax Adviser to the office of Nicolas Sarkozy, Budget Minister (1993-1995). After serving as Director of international relations division in the tax policy department of the Ministry (1995-2001), Bruno Gibert became a CMS Bureau Lefebvre partner in 2001.

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