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M&A and private equity taxation lawyers

Regardless of whether you are a corporate group, an investment fund or an entrepreneur, whether you are based in France or any other country, whether you are planning a financing, refinancing or transfer operation or intending to expand your business, these days you have to operate in an unstable environment that is characterised by constant legal and fiscal reform. Against this backdrop, aware of the significant fiscal challenges for transfers and acquisitions, we offer assistance with designing and implementing effective and innovative solutions that pre-empt risk to ensure your projects are completed successfully. Our team of lawyers, who are well-renowned in their field, can advise and assist you with the tax aspects of the various different stages of your M&A, private equity, financing or LBO operations, management packages and investment fund taxation, both in France and abroad.

Our M&A tax lawyers work in close collaboration with the firm’s other teams and draw upon our international network to offer you the benefit of specialist expertise on a global scale. Our know-how, nurtured by our close relationships with key players in the field, means that we can provide you with the guidance you need to make your strategic and tactical decisions with the utmost legal certainty.

Conscious of the implications of their advice and keenly aware of the challenges you face, our lawyers are committed to offering you practical and perennial solutions that are perfectly suited to your particular issues. For each project, we will assemble the perfect team to meet your specific needs, led by one of our partners, who will be both your go-to contact and your guarantee of the quality of our services.

 
Edouard Milhac
Edouard Milhac
Partner
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Edouard Milhac is a partner in CMS Francis Lefebvre's International Tax Group. Having joined the company in 1990, from 1994 to 2000 Edouard practised in the New York office of CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats...
Johann Roc'h
Johann Roc'h
Partner
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Johann Roc’h is a Partner in international taxation. He advises clients on all tax issues related to mergers and acquisitions, intragroup reorganizations, real estate investments and financial products...
Anne-Sophie Rostaing
Anne-Sophie Rostaing
Partner
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Anne-Sophie Rostaing joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2002 and became partner in 2016. She formerly worked in the Tax practice of Baker & McKenzie (Paris) and in the Tax department PSA Peugeot Citroën...
Christophe Vezinhet
Christophe Vezinhet
Partner
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Christophe Vezinhet joined the Tax Department of CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2000 and became a partner in 2017. He specialises in direct taxation and works mainly in the field of property tax, corporate...
Francois Bossé-Cohic
Francois Bossé-Cohic
Counsel
Lawyer
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
François joined CMS Francis Lefebvre's corporate - private equity team in 2021. He has extensive experience in negotiating and structuring management packages for private equity and capital markets transactions...
Clémence Darné-Lajoux
Clemence Darne-Lajoux
Counsel
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Clémence Darné-Lajoux est spécialisée en fiscalité directe et en fiscalité internationale. Elle a une expérience significative en matière de conseil, et plus particulièrement en matière de fiscalité...
Pauline Biaggi
Pauline Biaggi
Associate
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Pauline Biaggi joined the Tax Law Department of CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2018. As an expert in tax matters, her practice focuses on providing advice and on litigation in the following fields: corporate...
Nicolas Bourrier
Nicolas Bourrier
Associate
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
He joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2011. He is involved in direct taxation. He intervenes more particularly in corporate and group taxation. In particular, he advises them during their restructuring operations...
Yacine Bousraf
Yacine Bousraf
Associate
France, Neuilly-sur-Seine
Yacine advises clients in the tax structuring of French and cross-border transactions. His practice covers all the tax issues relating to M&A, reorganizations, real estate transactions, and to the structuring...
Lucas Chevaux
Lucas Chevaux
Associate
France, Lyon
Lucas Chevaux joined CMS Francis Lefebvre Lyon in 2019 within the Corporate/Mergers & acquisitions Department. He is involved in particular in corporate law, mergers & acquisitions transactions, including...