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Nicolas Riou

Partner

Contact
CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
2 rue Ancelle
92522 Neuilly-sur-Seine
Cedex
France
Languages French, English

Nicolas is a partner at CMS Francis Lefebvre specialising in direct taxes. He assists French and foreign multinational groups in the implementation and management of their tax policies. He notably advises them for their acquisitions and restructuring operations, and represents them in their interactions with the French tax authorities, especially during tax audits, and in connections with tax disputes before French courts.

He also advises executives with respect to their personal tax issues.

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Relevant experience

  • Lecturer at Edhec Business School since 2001
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Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the IACF (Institute of Tax Lawyers)
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Publications

  • Extension de la jurisprudence « Raffypack » aux opérations d’apport de titres à valeur minorée : quel impact pour les groupes intégrés ? – Option Finance le (14 mai 2018)
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Education

  • Edhec Business School, Lille (1998)
  • Post-graduate degree (DESS) in Business Law and Taxation, University of Paris XI (1999)
  • CAPA (post-graduate legal qualification required to practise as a solicitor or barrister in France), (2000)
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16/07/2019
CMS advised Col­gate-Pal­molive on acquisition of Laboratoires Filorga Cosmétiques
A CMS team covering 11 jurisdictions, together with Colgate's US advisers, advised Col­gate-Pal­molive in its ca. EUR 1.5bn acquisition of Laboratoires Filorga Cosmétiques. Originally founded in France...
12/07/2019
CMS advises Col­gate-Pal­molive
CMS team covering 11 jurisdictions advised Col­gate-Pal­molive, in its about EUR 1.5 billion acquisition of Laboratoires Filorga Cosmétiques, premium anti-aging skin care brand focused primarily on facial...
15/01/2019
CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats co-opts seven new partners
CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats announces the co-optation of seven new part­ners: Ben­oît Bailly, Jean-Charles Benois, Mathieu Daudé, Bruno Dondero, Christophe Leclère, Arnaud Reygrobellet, and Nicolas...