Tax
OUR TAX TEAM GUIDES OUR CLIENTS ON A WIDE RANGE OF TAX ISSUES COMPRISING BOTH BUSINESS AND INDIVIDUALS' TAXATION.
We provide tax advice and planning in every sphere of business activity: Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Construction Contracts, Commercial Transactions, Privatisations, Financing for Public and Private Projects, Securitisations, International Tax Planning, Shipping etc.
WE ALSO PROVIDE
Representation before the tax authorities and before national and international courts and arbitral tribunals.
EXPERIENCE
TAX
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- Tax support to a real estate concessionaire regarding the participation of an investor in a hotel development and operation project located at a prestigious coastal plot in Attica
- Acting for a large airport construction, management and operation company in a litigation before the Supreme Administrative Court concerning a special solidarity contribution
- Tax advice and support to individuals and legal entities regarding the voluntary disclosure of past years’ tax liabilities pursuant to a tax amnesty law
- Support during the tax audit and representation before court of a Greek company concerning the retroactive cancellation of tax breaks which were considered as illegal state aids by the European Commission
- Tax advice to foreign residents regarding the acquisition and holding of real estate in Greece
- Tax advice to an energy multinational in its successful bid for the award by the Hellenic Republic of a project of offshore exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons
- Acting for a large airport construction, management and operation company in an arbitration before the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) concerning real estate tax
- Support during the tax audit and representation before court of a global human resources leader in a transfer pricing dispute concerning management fees
- Acting for a Greek company active in the agricultural industry in a dispute concerning the recovery of agricultural subsidies
- Tax advice to a joint venture of an international energy group with a leading local natural gas company on local and international tax implications related to the construction and operation of a submarine cross-border natural gas pipeline
- Tax advice to a foreign multinational company on structuring of: (i) a joint venture with local refinery leader in order to enter the electric power generation market, and (ii) a consortium with local leader in construction sector for the construction of a power plant
- Tax advice and support upon the sale of a local leading shipyard company by the foreign shareholder in a multilateral transaction with the participation of the Hellenic Republic
- Tax advice to the shareholders of a local major pharmaceutical industry concerning the tax optimization of the holding structure, and support on subsequent acquisition by US-based multinational
- Tax and legal advice to a foreign multinational company concerning the merger of local branch into local subsidiary
- Tax advice and support to a UK-based real estate fund on an acquisition of real estate (and subsequent divestment)
- Tax advice and support, including tax due diligence, to a local quarrying and concrete production company on acquisition of numerous local companies
- Tax advice and support, including tax due diligence, to an Austrian multinational packaging company on acquisition of two local companies
- Tax advice and support, including tax due diligence, to an Italian multinational food company on acquisition of local distributor
- Acting for a major construction company in income tax and stamp duty litigation
- Acting for a UK-based tourist services company in litigation before the Greek courts, including the Supreme Administrative Court, concerning VAT refund claims pertaining to numerous fiscal years
- Acting for a major cement company in litigation before the Supreme Administrative Court related to the tax implications upon privatisation of its subsidiaries
- Acting for a leading shipyard company in litigation relating to the tax implications upon its privatisation
- Acting for a major cement company before the Supreme Administrative Court in litigation relating to the tax treatment of payments related to the recovery of unlawful state aids
expert opinion on the Greek transfer pricing regime (requested for an International Chamber of Commerce – ICC arbitration) - Acting for a leading shipyard company before the Supreme Administrative Court in litigation against customs duties assessments
- Legal support in relation to the regulatory framework for a customs free zone
