AREAS OF ENGAGEMENT

ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Lead tax advisor in the buyout of a subsidiary of a Gabonese oil company by a British junior oil company controlled by an American fund - deal value USD 628 million - Deal of the year 2017 - lead post-closing adviser.

Tax and regulatory advice to an oil group listed on the Paris stock exchange on the reorganisation of the intra-group financing flows of its African subsidiaries – a group with 595 employees, total global sales of €441 million in 2021.
Tax advice to various oil subcontracting groups on their activities in French-speaking Africa: flat-rate tax regimes (IS/IRPP) for oil subcontractors, conversion of branches into subsidiaries, provision of staff, tax audits, etc

Tax advice and assistance in connection with the transfer of a branch of activity of an independent oil exploration and production company based in Scandinavia to a subsidiary in Gabon: deal value USD 50 million.

Tax structuring and legal assistance as part of a cross-border partial transfer of assets for the Ivorian activities of a French engineering company specialising in water, the environment and regional development, with total sales of €59 million in 2021.
Reference case study: MANAGING THE LEGAL AND TAX IMPLICATIONS OF CROSS-BORDER PARTIAL ASSET CONTRIBUTIONS

Legal and tax assistance in connection with a contract to refurbish cranes in Abu Dhabi and Gabon, on behalf of a Singapore-based company providing port maintenance and logistics services, with some fifteen subsidiaries in Africa - contract value €6.2 million