Nouvion Avocats is a law firm specialising in international tax, working on cross-border issues.
The firm focuses on providing tax advice on establishment and international investments, It also deals with business law issues, particularly company law and regulatory matters.
The teams also defend their clients' interests in tax audits and litigation.
Assistance with implementation in the country, including the legal and regulatory implications of local content (BBEE) in the water sector.
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis for responding to calls for tender in around fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Legal and tax assistance for the establishment in Algeria of an American software publishing group (2024).
Legal and tax structuring of incoming investments in Algeria (choice of the type of legal structure adapted according to the type of investment; analysis of particular tax/land concession regimes; planning and organization of outgoing flows in accordance with exchange regulations).
Tax advice and assistance in setting up in Africa and the Middle East: analysis of the qualification of permanent (virtual) establishment, taxation of intra-group flows – French engineering group, 2300 employees, 180 agencies worldwide and 212 million euros in turnover
Tax advice in the establishment of a joint venture between a French capital company operating forest concessions in Central Africa and a European oil major
Tax advice, structuring and negotiation of public contracts for the construction, operation and transfer (BOT) of rural water pump networks in 6 West African countries.
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis for responding to calls for tender in around fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Tax assistance in an international succession between Canada and France - value of the deal €8,6 million (international capital gain).
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis for responding to calls for tender in around fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Assistance to Chinese groups for their investments in Africa.
• Tax advice to a Congolese oil and gas company and its parent company in their London Stock Exchange listing transaction – initial fundraising of £10,6 million
• Tax advice in the context of the transaction (capital gains, transfer taxes), tax terms of the CPP and taxation of flow returns
Tax advice in connection with a tax audit on behalf of a leading oil well drilling and workover services company – deal value USD 40 million
• Tax and regulatory advice on the sale of oil contracts of a British oil and gas exploration and development company present in 8 countries and with a turnover of USD 1.9 billion
• Tax and regulatory advice for the Ivorian subsidiary of a British oil company on a proposed acquisition of an oil exploration contract
• Tax structuring and legal support in the context of a partial cross-border contribution of assets for the Ivorian activities of a French engineering company specializing in areas related to water, the environment and regional planning – Turnover of 59 million euros in 2021 (Cf. case study #2)
Tax advice, structuring and negotiation of public contracts for the construction, operation and transfer (BOT) of rural water pump networks in 6 West African countries.
Tax advice and assistance in setting up in Africa and the Middle East: analysis of the qualification of permanent establishments, defense before local courts and amicable conventional procedure before the French authorities – French media group with 2400 employees operating in 151 countries.
Tax/customs study of the conditions for setting up a pre-positioned stock of customs goods – French listed group with 1900 employees and turnover of 1300 million euros.
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis for responding to calls for tender in around fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Tax advice in the context of an international succession between Denmark and France – total estate assets of 8 million euros
Tax advisory services for a tender process and establishment of a French company supplying and installing public lighting systems (Estimated amount: USD 70 million)
Tax advice on an international succession between Spain and France and assistance with the sale by a Spanish non-resident of a building in Paris – deal amount 12,6 million euros (international capital gain)
Cross-border dispute over the taxation of a capital gain on the sale of a hotel located in France – amount of 2,5 million euros
Tax advice to a French company developing its activity in Italy and Spain: study of the characterization of permanent establishments
• Tax advice in the acquisition of a French oil group by an Asian group – valuation of 822 million euros – Deal of the year 2016
• Tax advice to a French oil group listed on the Paris stock exchange in its operations in Central Africa – oil company with 600 employees, subsidiary of a group with a turnover of 441 million euros in 2021
• Tax and regulatory advice on a bank refinancing transaction amounting to US$255 million for a European oil group, also involving an intragroup loan amounting to US$182 million
• Assistance with tax audits on behalf of a French oil drilling company – initial stake of 8 million US dollars
• Tax and regulatory advice to a European oil group, relating to the overhaul of intra-group financing flows
Tax advice and assistance in setting up in Africa and the Middle East: analysis of the qualification of permanent establishments, defense before local courts and amicable conventional procedure before the French authorities – French media group with 2400 employees operating in 151 countries.
Tax advice in connection with a tax audit on behalf of a leading oil well drilling and workover services company – deal value USD 40 million
Tax/customs study of the conditions for setting up a pre-positioned stock of customs goods – French listed group with 1900 employees and turnover of 1300 million euros
Tax advice in a capital restructuring operation (exit of minority interests, reorganization, exit tax) of a French group and its manager resident in Portugal – total amount of 40 million euros
Tax advice to a French company developing its activity in Italy and Spain: study of the characterization of permanent establishments
Tax advice on an international succession between Spain and France and assistance with the sale by a Spanish non-resident of a building in Paris – deal amount 12,6 million euros (international capital gain)
Tax structuring and legal and tax support for a project to establish itself in Senegal for an American publisher, a world leader in geographic information systems software – a group with over 3000 employees in the United States and total global sales of 1,1 billion US dollars
Tax assistance in matters of wealth taxation, particularly on issues of tax residence – amount of 12 million euros
General tax advice and analysis of permanent establishment on behalf of a French multinational, which markets water cycle management and sanitation services, and in its response to a call for tenders for the design and construction of a seawater desalination unit in Ghana (see case study #3)
Tax/customs study of the conditions for setting up a pre-positioned stock of customs goods – French listed group with 1900 employees and turnover of 1300 million euros
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis for responding to calls for tender in around fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
– Tax advisory services for the establishment of a gold mining company entering production (Project value: USD 326 million)
– Tax due diligence in preparation for a merger
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis for responding to calls for tender in around fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Tax advice for the investment in France of a Mauritian company owned by a US investment fund.
Tax assistance in matters of wealth taxation, particularly on issues of tax residence – amount of 12 million euros
Tax advice to a French company developing its activity in Italy and Spain: study of the characterization of permanent establishments
Regulatory tax advice to a Japanese international oil group relating to the acquisition of 3 oil exploration blocks in Central Africa (CEMAC zone) – group of more than 110 employees
Tax advice and assistance in setting up in Africa and the Middle East: analysis of the qualification of permanent establishments, defense before local courts and amicable conventional procedure before the French authorities – French media group with 2400 employees operating in 151 countries.
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis for responding to calls for tender in around fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Regulatory advice to a multinational money transfer company for its operations in various African countries
Planning, strategy and tax advice in the context of the personal installation or professional establishment of French managers/partners in Morocco (legal and tax structuring of the group with a view to the Exit Tax; analysis of the qualification of permanent establishment; organization and tax treatment of international flows); Analysis of the territoriality rules specific to intellectual services in the context of complex international contracts (case of technical studies).
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis for responding to calls for tender in around fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Tax assistance in matters of wealth taxation, particularly on issues of tax residence – amount of 12 million euros
Tax advice, structuring and negotiation of public contracts for the construction, operation and transfer (BOT) of rural water pump networks in 6 West African countries.
Tax advice and assistance in the context of a contribution of a branch of activity of a subsidiary of an independent oil exploration and production company based in Norway to its subsidiary in Gabon – deal amount (assets contributed) 219 million US dollars
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis for responding to calls for tender in around fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Tax advice in a capital restructuring operation (exit of minority interests, reorganization, exit tax) of a French group and its manager resident in Portugal – total amount of 40 million euros
Tax advice and assistance in setting up a British technology and entertainment company in the DRC – total amount 65 million US dollars
Tax structuring and legal and tax support for a project to establish itself in Senegal for an American publisher, a world leader in geographic information systems software – a group with over 3000 employees in the United States and total global sales of 1,1 billion US dollars
Tax advice, structuring and negotiation of public contracts for the construction, operation and transfer (BOT) of rural water pump networks in 6 West African countries.
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis for responding to calls for tender in around fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis for responding to calls for tender in around fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Legal and tax assistance in connection with a crane refurbishment contract in Abu Dhabi and Gabon, on behalf of a Singapore company that carries out port maintenance and logistics services, with around fifteen subsidiaries in Africa – contract amount 6.2 million euros
Legal and tax assistance in connection with a crane refurbishment contract in Abu Dhabi and Gabon, on behalf of a Singapore company that carries out port maintenance and logistics services, with around fifteen subsidiaries in Africa – contract amount 6.2 million euros
Tax/customs study of the conditions for setting up a pre-positioned stock of customs goods – French listed group with 1900 employees and turnover of 1300 million euros
Tax advice, structuring and negotiation of public contracts for the construction, operation and transfer (BOT) of rural water pump networks in 6 West African countries.
Tax advice in responding to a call for tenders from a French company, publisher of “smart grid” management software for electricity networks, and tax structuring of the establishment in North Africa once the call for tenders had been won – deal amount 10 million euros, parent company turnover 311 million euros in 2021 (Cf. case study #1)
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis for responding to calls for tender in around fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
• Tax advice in the acquisition of a subsidiary of a Gabonese oil company by a British junior oil company controlled by an American fund – amount of the deal 628 million US dollars – Deal of the year 2017
• Tax advice on a fundraising project in the United States for an English junior oil company – deal value USD 400 million
• Assistance with the general tax audit of four oil contracts on behalf of a British junior oil company – USD 600 million at stake.
Tax advice and assistance in setting up a British technology and entertainment company in the DRC – total amount 65 million US dollars
Tax assistance in matters of wealth taxation, particularly on issues of tax residence – amount of 12 million euros
Assistance with a tax audit - stake based on 2,3 million euros – and ongoing litigation before the Council of State for a British private equity company
• Tax advice in the acquisition of a subsidiary of a Gabonese oil company by a British junior oil company controlled by an American fund – amount of the deal 628 million US dollars – Deal of the year 2017
• Tax advice on a fundraising project in the United States for an English junior oil company – deal value USD 400 million
• Assistance with the general tax audit of four oil contracts on behalf of a British junior oil company – USD 600 million at stake.
Tax structuring and legal and tax support for a project to establish itself in Senegal for an American publisher, a world leader in geographic information systems software – a group with over 3000 employees in the United States and total global sales of 1,1 billion US dollars
Regulatory advice to a multinational money transfer company for its operations in various African countries
Regulatory advice to a multinational money transfer company for its operations in various African countries
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis for responding to calls for tender in around fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Legal and tax assistance to an American software group setting up in Algeria (2024)
Legal and tax structuring of inward investment in Algeria (choice of the right type of legal structure depending on the type of investment; analysis of special tax/land privileges; planning and organization of outward flows in line with foreign exchange regulations).
Tax advice on setting up a joint venture between a French-owned company operating forestry concessions in Central Africa and a major European oil company
Legal and tax assistance in setting up a French engineering company specializing in the construction sector.
Tax advice, structuring and negotiation of public contracts for the building, operation and transfer (BOT) of rural water pump networks in 6 West African countries.
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis in response to invitations to tender in some fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Tax assistance with an international succession between Canada and France – estate assets of €8.6 million
Tax advice and assistance in setting up in Africa and the Middle East: analysis of the qualification of permanent establishments, defense before local courts and amicable settlement procedure before the French authorities – French media group with 2,400 employees operating in 151 countries.
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis in response to invitations to tender in some fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Assisting Chinese groups with their investments in Africa.
• Tax advice to a Congolese oil and gas company and its parent company on their listing on the London Stock Exchange – initial capital raising of £10.6 million
• Tax advice on the transaction (capital gains, transfer tax), tax terms of the CPP and taxation of upstream flows
Tax advice in connection with a tax audit on behalf of a leading oil well drilling and workover services company – deal value USD 40 million
Tax advice on an international succession between Denmark and France – total estate assets of €8 million.
Tax advice and assistance in setting up a British technology and entertainment company in the DRC – global amount USD 65 million
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis in response to invitations to tender in some fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
• Tax advice on the acquisition of a French oil group by an Asian group – valuation of €822 million – Deal of the year 2016
• Tax advice to a French oil group listed on the Paris stock exchange on its operations in Central Africa – an oil company with 600 employees, a subsidiary of a group with total sales of €441 million in 2021
• Tax and regulatory advice on a USD 255 million bank refinancing transaction for a European oil group, also involving an intra-group loan of USD 182 million
• Assistance with a tax audit on behalf of a French oil drilling company – initial amount at stake: USD 8 million
• Tax and regulatory advice to a European oil group on the reorganization of intra-group financing flows
Tax advice and assistance in setting up in Africa and the Middle East: analysis of the qualification of permanent establishments, defense before local courts and amicable settlement procedure before the French authorities – a French media group with 2,400 employees operating in 151 countries.
Tax advice in connection with a tax audit on behalf of a leading oil well drilling and workover services company – deal value USD 40 million
Tax/customs study of the conditions for setting up a pre-positioned stock of bonded goods – a French listed group with 1,900 employees, total sales of €1,300 million
Tax advice on a capital restructuring operation (exit of minority shareholders, reorganization, exit tax) for a French group and its managing director resident in Portugal – total amount of €40 million
Tax advice to a French company developing its business in Italy and Spain: study of the characterization of permanent establishments
Tax advice on an international succession between Spain and France and assistance with the sale by a Spanish non-resident of a building in Paris – value of the deal €12.6 million (international capital gain)
Tax structuring and legal and tax assistance for a set-up project in Senegal for an American publisher, a world leader in geographic information systems software – a group with over 3,000 employees in the United States, total global sales of USD 1.1 billion
Tax assistance in asset tax matters, in particular tax residence issues – total €12 million
• Tax advice on the acquisition of a French oil group by an Asian group – valuation of €822 million – Deal of the year 2016
• Tax advice to a French oil group listed on the Paris stock exchange on its operations in Central Africa – an oil company with 600 employees, a subsidiary of a group with total sales of €441 million in 2021
• Tax and regulatory advice on a USD 255 million bank refinancing transaction for a European oil group, also involving an intra-group loan of USD 182 million
• Assistance with a tax audit on behalf of a French oil drilling company – initial amount at stake: USD 8 million
• Tax and regulatory advice to a European oil group on the reorganization of intra-group financing flows
Tax advice in connection with a tax audit on behalf of a leading oil well drilling and workover services company – deal value USD 40 million
Tax advice and assistance in connection with the transfer of a branch of activity of a subsidiary of an independent oil exploration and production company based in Norway to its subsidiary in Gabon – deal value (assets transferred) USD 219 million
Assistance for a French company specializing in technical support, project support and recruitment in the energy sector in connection with the planned opening of a branch in Gabon – a group with 700 employees and total sales of €53 million
General tax advice and permanent establishment analysis on behalf of a French multinational which markets water cycle management and sanitation services, and as part of its response to an invitation to tender for the design and construction of a seawater desalination plant in Ghana (see case study #3).
Tax/customs study of the conditions for setting up a pre-positioned stock of bonded goods – a French listed group with 1,900 employees, total sales of €1,300 million
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis in response to invitations to tender in some fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Tax assistance in asset tax matters, including tax residence issues – total €12 million
Tax advice to a French company developing its business in Italy and Spain: study of the characterization of permanent establishments
• Tax and regulatory advice on the sale of oil contracts to a British oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in 8 countries and total sales of USD 1.9 billion
• Tax and regulatory advice for the Ivorian subsidiary of a British oil company on a project to acquire an oil exploration contract
• Tax structuring and legal assistance as part of a cross-border partial transfer of assets for the Ivorian activities of a French engineering company specializing in water, the environment and regional development – total sales of €59 million in 2021 (see case study #2)
Tax advice, structuring and negotiation of public contracts for the building, operation and transfer (BOT) of rural water pump networks in 6 West African countries.
Tax advice and assistance in setting up in Africa and the Middle East: analysis of the qualification of permanent establishments, defense before local courts and amicable settlement procedure before the French authorities – a French media group with 2,400 employees operating in 151 countries.
Tax/customs study of the conditions for setting up a pre-positioned stock of bonded goods – a French listed group with 1,900 employees, total sales of €1,300 million
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis in response to invitations to tender in some fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Regulatory tax advice to an international Japanese oil group on the acquisition of 3 oil exploration blocks in Central Africa (CEMAC zone) – a group with over 110,000 employees
Tax advice and assistance in setting up in Africa and the Middle East: analysis of the qualification of permanent establishments, defense before local courts and amicable settlement procedure before the French authorities – French media group with 2,400 employees operating in 151 countries.
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis in response to invitations to tender in some fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Regulatory advice to a multinational money transfer company for its operations in various African countries
Mauritius: Tax advice for the investment in France of a Mauritian company held by a US investment fund
Tax assistance in wealth tax matters, including tax residence issues – € 12 million
Planning, strategy and tax advice in connection with the personal or professional establishment of French executive managers/partners in Morocco (legal and tax structuring of the group with a view to Exit Tax; analysis of the qualification of permanent establishment; organization and tax treatment of international flows); Analysis of the specific territoriality rules for intellectual services in the context of complex international contracts (case of technical studies).
Tax advice and analysis of permanent establishments in response to invitations to tender in some fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis in response to invitations to tender in some fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Tax advice and assistance in connection with the transfer of a branch of activity of a subsidiary of an independent oil exploration and production company based in Norway to its subsidiary in Gabon – deal value (assets transferred) USD 219 million
Tax advice, structuring and negotiation of public contracts for the construction, operation and transfer (BOT) of rural water pump networks in 6 West African countries.
Tax advice on a capital restructuring operation (exit of minority shareholders, reorganization, exit tax) for a French group and its managing director resident in Portugal – total amount of €40 million
Tax advice and assistance in setting up in Africa and the Middle East: analysis of the qualification of permanent establishment (virtual), taxation of intra-group flows – a French engineering group with 2,300 employees, 180 offices worldwide and total sales of €212 million
Tax structuring and legal and tax support for a project to set up in Senegal for an American publisher, world leader in geographic information systems software – group with over 3,000 employees in the United States, total turnover of US$1.1 billion
Tax advice, structuring and negotiation of public contracts for the construction, operation and transfer (BOT) of rural water pump networks in 6 West African countries.
Tax advice and analysis of permanent establishments in response to invitations to tender in some fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Tax advice on an international succession between Spain and France and assistance with the sale by a Spanish non-resident of a building in Paris – value of the deal €12.6 million (international capital gain)
Cross-border dispute over the taxation of a capital gain on the sale of a hotel located in France – total of €2.5 million
Tax advice to a French company developing its business in Italy and Spain: study of the characterization of permanent establishments
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis in response to invitations to tender in some fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Legal and tax assistance in connection with a contract to refurbish cranes in Abu Dhabi and Gabon, on behalf of a Singapore company providing port maintenance and logistics services, with around fifteen subsidiaries in Africa – contract value €6.2 million
Legal and tax assistance in connection with a contract to refurbish cranes in Abu Dhabi and Gabon, on behalf of a Singapore company providing port maintenance and logistics services, with around fifteen subsidiaries in Africa – contract value €6.2 million
Assistance with setting up operations in the country, including the legal and regulatory implications of local content (B-BBEE) in the water sector.
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis in response to invitations to tender in some fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Tax/customs study of the conditions for setting up a pre-positioned stock of bonded goods – French listed group with 1,900 employees, turnover of 1,300 million euros
Tax advice, structuring and negotiation of public contracts for the construction, operation and transfer (BOT) of rural water pump networks in 6 West African countries.
Tax advice in response to an invitation to tender from a French company, a publisher of “smart grid” management software for electricity grids, and tax structuring of the establishment in North Africa once it had won the invitation to tender – deal value €10 million, parent's company total sales €311 million in 2021 (see case study #1)
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis in response to invitations to tender in some fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis in response to invitations to tender in some fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.
• Tax advice on the acquisition of a subsidiary of a Gabonese oil company by a British junior oil company controlled by a US fund – deal value USD 628 million – Deal of the year 2017
• Tax advice on a project to raise funds in the United States for a British junior oil company – deal value USD 400 million
• Assistance with the general tax audit of four oil contracts on behalf of a UK junior oil company – deal value USD 600 million
Tax advice and assistance in setting up a British technology and entertainment company in the DRC – global amount USD 65 million
Tax assistance in asset tax matters, including tax residence issues – total of €12 million
Assistance with a tax audit – basic amount of €2.3 million – and ongoing litigation before the Conseil d'Etat for a UK private equity company
• Tax advice on the acquisition of a subsidiary of a Gabonese oil company by a British junior oil company controlled by a US fund – deal value USD 628 million – Deal of the year 2017
• Tax advice on a project to raise funds in the United States for a British junior oil company – deal value USD 400 million
• Assistance with the general tax audit of four oil contracts on behalf of a UK junior oil company – deal value USD 600 million
Tax structuring and legal and tax assistance for a set-up project in Senegal for an American publisher, a world leader in geographic information systems software – a group with over 3,000 employees in the United States and total global sales of USD 1.1 billion
Regulatory advice to a multinational money transfer company for its operations in various African countries
Regulatory advice to a multinational money transfer company for its operations in various African countries
Tax advice and permanent establishment analysis in response to invitations to tender in some fifteen African countries (including South Africa, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Uganda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia, etc.) on behalf of an international group in the water sector.