Practices

조세

저희의 국제조세업무는 세계 최정상급에 속하며, 고객들에게 타의 추종을 불허하는 수준의 서비스와 복잡한 기업 거래에 대한 전문지식을 제공하고 있습니다. 동종업계와 고객들 공히 저희 조세팀의 창의적인 계획수립 능력 및 국제적인 창의력, 그리고 어려운 조세분쟁도 해결하는 능력을 인정하고 있습니다. 저희 국제조세팀은 고품질의 업무처리 능력 및 전략, 앞을 내다보는 금융상품 및 국제금융거래 구조의 창안능력에 있어 국제적인 명성을 자랑하고 있습니다. 저희는 고객들의 현실적인 사업상 쟁점 및 시간적인 제약에 역량을 집중하고 있으며 일정에 맞춰 거래를 성사시키는 능력에 대해 자부심을 가지고 있습니다.

Practice Highlights

What Others Say About Our Practice

Selected Highlights

Counsel on tax matters in many high-profile private equity transactions, including the multi-billion dollar LBOs of TXU, Harrah’s Entertainment and Biomet, as well as in the $27.5 billion acquisition and subsequent $28.1 billion sale of Alltel to Verizon Wireless by a consortium, Warburg Pincus’ $11.4 billion acquisition of Bausch & Lomb, and TPG Capital’s $2 billion investment in Washington Mutual.
Counsel on tax matters in recent public M&A deals, including Alpha Natural Resources’ $10 billion merger with Cleveland-Cliffs, Hewlett-Packard’s $12.8 billion acquisition of Electronic Data Systems, and the two-step cross-border merger of Mittal Steel into Arcelor.
Counsel to Meraas Capital in a joint venture with Boston Properties Limited Partnership to purchase the landmark GM Building for $2.8 billion and three other New York City office buildings for an additional $1.1 billion.
Counsel on tax matters for Temasek and the Korean Investment Corporation on investments in Merrill Lynch, as well as advising Citigroup in both the $7.5 billion equity sale to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and subsequent $12.5 billion equity offering to a number of investors, including the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, Kuwait Investment Authority and Capital Research Global Investors.
Counsel to Citigroup as arranger of the financing for Terra Firma Capital Partners’ £3.2 billion cash buyout of EMI Group.
Counsel to Infrabel, the infrastructure manager of the Belgian railway network (SNCB/NMBS), in the tax structuring of Project Diabolo (railway link to the Brussels airport).
Tax counsel to Deutsche Post in the €1 billion sale of approximately 1,300 real estate properties to U.S. investor Lone Star.
Counsel on tax matters for Euronext in the reorganization of its 50/50 joint venture, Atos Euronext Market Solutions, with Atos Origin and in Euronext’s merger-of-equals with the NYSE Group.
Counsel to major financial institutions with respect to audit controversies with the Internal Revenue Service relating to various taxation issues.
Counsel to the general partner of TPG Asia V, L.P. in the formation of an Asia-focused private equity fund with anticipated commitments of approximately $4 billion and to the general partner of TPG STAR, L.P. in the organization and operation of a private equity fund focused on growth investing with commitments exceeding $1 billion.
Counsel to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association on matters relating to U.S. and international legislative and regulatory initiatives.

“This firm's ‘magnificent’ tax group fields ‘some of the most brilliant scholarly minds’ in the tax field.”
Chambers Global (2007)

U.S. Tax Firm of the Year in Europe
International Tax Review (2006 and 2007)

New York Tax Firm of the Year
International Tax Review (2007 and 2008)

“Leading” in Tax in the U.S.
PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook (2007)

“Cleary stands out in the New York tax market thanks to its impressive ‘business acumen and ability to think outside the box’ ... Clients say they also benefit from the intellectual prowess of the attorneys, who are praised for ‘looking under every rock’ when considering a case.”
Chambers Global (2008)

“This internationally renowned tax practice is widely described as ‘without question one of the strongest groups in the country.’ … The practice is staffed by a consistently excellent group of attorneys, from ‘exemplary star players’ to junior associates who win effusive praise for their ‘intellectual rigor, extraordinary thoroughness and responsiveness.’”
Chambers USA (2008)
“Clients agree that its tax team is ‘one of the very best in France for tax issues’ and describe it as ‘extremely knowledgeable, responsive and creative.’”
Chambers Europe (2008)

“Its tax practice is widely considered ‘top of the tree’”
Chambers Europe (2007)

“The firm excels in structuring complex cross-border M&A transactions, and the tax group has the ability to meet all challenges in cross-border transactional work and financing.”
The US Legal 500 (2008)

“Part of an integrated group of over 75 lawyers based in the US, Europe and Asia, the tax group is ‘a one-stop shop across all jurisdictions, and across the jurisdictions they are uniformly excellent…’”
Chambers Global (2006)

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