Tax

Tax advice is not just about tax law. The complexity of domestic and international tax issues means that it is essential for corporations and individuals to engage in strategic tax planning. Salans’ lawyers adapt tax advice to our clients' specific needs and help them identify and implement their short- and long-term tax goals.

Our Approach

Within the framework of our Global Tax Practice Group, Salans' tax specialists offer cross-border and multi-jurisdictional service corresponding to the international and domestic business needs of our clients. Our tax lawyers are committed to respond to our clients’ requests in a timely manner.

We work in cooperation with our firm’s other practice groups. The combination of this seamless interconnection and Salans’ wealth of experience in all areas of tax advice and litigation assistance allows our tax specialists to provide first-class tax advice in many jurisdictions.

Our Tax Law Services

Our tax lawyers provide advice and services on:

• M&A and real estate transactions;
• Financial, investment, and environmental matters;
• Management packages; and,
• Employee savings and fringe benefits.

We also regularly advise on tax liability issues, tax compliance and governance, as well as tax incentives. Our litigation record demonstrates our ability to represent clients successfully before government agencies as well as before local and international courts.

We assist a diverse range of clients and industry sectors, including major high-tech, energy, luxury goods, healthcare, media and entertainment companies, as well as industrial companies, banks and investment funds, closely-held businesses, non-profit organisations and private clients.

We tailor our services to find creative, integrated and cost-effective solutions with tax optimisation being our overall goal. This strategy allows us to develop trust and build successful long-term relationships with our clients.

What Others Say

Salans’ Tax Practice has been consistently highly recommended by the world’s leading guides to the legal profession, including Chambers and Partners, PLC Which lawyer?, and The Legal 500.

Salans’ Russian Tax Practice Group is highly recommended and ranked within the top 5 tax practices in Russia by PLC Which lawyer? (2009). The directory also recognises our Tax Practice Groups in the Czech Republic and Poland.

Chambers Europe (2008) highlights Salans’ Tax Practice in France, “The work for this multidisciplinary team has a corporate flavour, and management packages, VAT, transfer pricings and litigation are also covered. Often acting on real estate matters, it advised GE Asset Management on its investments in Cœur Défense in Paris.”

The same publication ranks our Russian Tax Practice among the top 6 tax practices in Russia, noting:  “The group has retained its impressive international clientele, which includes Shell, Ford, Japan Tobacco and Pfizer, while on the Russian side the team receives instructions from such entities as Izhmash, Segezha Pulp & Paper Mill and RussAlco. The lawyers are praised for their advice on international and domestic tax, inbound investments, company restructuring and tax litigation. They also offer niche expertise in customs matters.”

Chambers Europe (2008) also comments on our Warsaw office’s Tax Practice: “It has built up a very noteworthy team in the past year and actively sought out an impressive amount of mandates.” …The lawyers divide their time between general tax advice and tax litigation.”

The Legal 500 (2008) named Salans’ Russian Tax Practice among the top 8 tax practices in Russia, noting “the very strong and well-positioned tax and customs practice… The team handled over 100 tax litigations in the last year, winning three cases in the Supreme Arbitration Court.”

The publication notes that Salans’ Czech Republic Tax Practice “…continues to provide Czech tax advice for major companies looking to restructure or optimise their tax positions.”

The (2008) edition also describes Salans’ Tax Practice team in France as “extremely responsive, highly competent and especially helpful in solving problems faced by multinational companies with offices in France”.

Salans’ Ukraine Tax Practice is described as, “a practice which is guaranteed a regular stream of work thanks to the firm’s active corporate and real estate teams.”

The Legal 500 commends Salans’ Tax Practice in Poland as being among the leading tax practices in Poland, “…a tax group especially focused on restructurings and tax litigation for its real estate client base. ING Lease was assisted with the restructuring of real property leasing arrangements and a major litigation won for Vattenfall Poland concerning the tax treatment of power transformers.”

Global Tax Contacts

Sandra Hazan and Evgeny Timofeev