Tax

Our global tax group regularly provides cross-jurisdictional teams that advise multinational corporations on sophisticated projects that span multiple countries.

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Our global tax practice brings together over 130 dedicated lawyers and tax professionals, offering an exceptional breadth and depth of expertise. We handle the most complex domestic and cross-border matters, delivering tailored solutions for our clients.

Our geographic reach is equally strong on both sides of the Atlantic, with tax practices in the United States (U.S.), United Kingdom (UK), France, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Italy and Mexico.
We provide a balance of tax advisory and transactional tax advice to our clients in key sectors for the firm, including Financial Institutions, Private Capital, Real Estate, Automotive, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Technology, Energy, and Sports, Media & Entertainment.

Our tax advisory work covers structuring advice for multinational businesses, representation in tax disputes and controversy, design and implementation of employee incentives and benefits, and transfer pricing strategy and documentation.

On the transactional side, we provide tax advice on a wide range of corporate and finance transactions, including M&A deals, financing structures and debt arrangements, real estate transactions and REITs, corporate restructurings, fund formations, and private equity investments.

Our tax team is consistently ranked in the leading legal directories. We have numerous individuals acknowledged as market-leading experts, reflecting our commitment to excellence and innovation.

Capital markets

International tax planning

Investment funds

M&A

Real estate and REITS

Stamp tax

Tax audits

Tax disputes and controversy

Tax exempt

Tax legislation and policy

Tax valuations

VAT and indirect tax

Our tax team help debtors, creditors, equity stakeholders, buyers, sellers, and investors on restructurings and insolvencies. With our global resources, we can help you navigate the issues at play and develop an efficient strategy that helps you move forward with confidence.

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Capital markets transactions are naturally complex and challenging, with tax issues often being crucial to successful execution. Tax regulations are evolving rapidly, adding further challenges to the landscape. Knowledge of the regulatory environment and how it is changing is essential.

Our tax team cuts through these problems. We regularly work with leading international institutions to ensure their capital markets transactions run smoothly and to minimize tax leakage.

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International tax planning is a collaborative process. We work with our colleagues in corporate, commercial, regulatory, and intellectual property (IP) to provide business-led solutions. We ensure that planning is properly implemented with no disconnects and no risks.

We can help you throughout your business lifecycle. Whether you're expanding into new regions, starting new business lines, rationalizing your corporate structure, or looking at your financing options, we can help you do it efficiently.

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Investors want to be in the same position - if not better - than if they invested directly into the underlying asset, but this is a highly complex area.

We use our combined regulatory and tax experience across multiple jurisdictions, meaning you have the advice you need at your fingertips. Our teams work collaboratively to give clients a seamless approach to their investments. As we work with a range of fund sponsors, managers, and investors, we always see the issues from all angles.

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Today's M&A transactions often require fast-thinking and fast-moving tax advisors. We provide advisors that focus on your business and your goals. Our team has extensive market experience that allows us to think creatively. We know the markets and we invest in client relationships, meaning we are always fully prepared for critical due diligence, deal structuring, and time-pressured negotiations, along with pre-deal restructurings and post-deal opportunities. Our team will always look to maximize your deal value across the globe.

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Real estate and REIT tax matters are increasingly complex and multijurisdictional. We can help you adjust to recent and upcoming regulatory changes and best practices to stay competitive and cost efficient.

Our tax advisors like to be creative and bold, but always pragmatic. We help companies at the highest level, structuring the most tax-efficient real estate transactions, such as the formation, operation, and liquidation of REITs and UPREITs, a structure that we are at the forefront of. With our team, you can navigate real estate and REIT tax matters with confidence.

Stamp and transfer taxes can add significant costs to many deals. The rules are becoming increasingly complex and rates are only escalating.

On complicated, direct, and indirect real estate transactions, transfer tax is often a critical issue. We know the real estate sector and we understand the issues that underpin transfer taxes. Working closely with our real estate team, our tax team always strives to stay ahead of regulatory changes and to shape best practice.

Whether you have real estate, a share, or a business deal, we have the knowledge you need to navigate your way through the myriad of distinct local rules, avoiding unnecessary costs and keeping your deal process smooth.

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We help clients with tax audits, frequently assisting with and testing their tax analyses. We also provide further value through skills such as forensics, gathering and presenting evidence, studying tax authority decision-making processes, and challenging the authority when appropriate.

We work intensively and strategically to ensure that you are tax compliant, and if you do face court proceedings or a tribunal appeal, we have the expertise to ensure you achieve the best possible outcome.

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Tax authorities don't always agree with your carefully considered tax position. There can be disputes over procedural rules and substantive issues. Sometimes a mistake can be solved with minimal tax cost.

Our global team knows the tax authorities and we know how to resolve problems. We understand the tax arena from tax audits to Supreme Court proceedings, and we have the experience and resources to ensure you are put in the best position for business continuity.

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Tax exempt status comes with opportunities, but also responsibilities and issues to solve. Understanding the nuances of your status is vital and our tax team can guide you through this challenging landscape. From the formation and operation of nonprofit tax-exempt entities to handling complex tax-exemption applications, dealing with tax authorities on audit and controversy matters, investigations, impact investing, sponsorships and monetization of IP, we can help.

We handle the tax-exempt considerations of restructurings, mergers, joint ventures, investments, and activities involving unrelated business income tax. We can advise on compliance, compensation matters, intermediate sanctions, and how to expand your programs internationally. We can give you the confidence to understand and handle complex tax issues, so you can focus on the bigger picture.

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Our tax legislation and policy lawyers help companies, government entities, investment funds, and trade associations across all industries.

We have strong working relationships with government tax-writing committees and regulators. We understand the ins and outs of the tax legislative and regulatory process. Because we have experienced, knowledgeable and technical tax practitioners, our legislative and regulatory solutions are fully aligned with existing tax regimes.

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Valuations are increasingly important in the tax world and key to many tax positions and transfer pricing analyses, as well as assessing potential value and risk. With the value of intangibles reaching new heights, the valuation exercise is becoming more complex. It has become harder than ever to define intangibles and their contribution to the value chain.

With greater value comes greater risk. Whether your business is looking to support a position, assess its tax and transfer pricing risk, or planning to achieve better efficiencies, our experienced valuation team can help.

Our valuation, legal, tax, and transfer pricing knowledge, combined with our hands-on industry insight, enables us to provide fully customized solutions that achieve results and minimizes risk.

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Our exceptional VAT team recognizes the power of VAT as a tax that needs a different perspective. We know that this requires special consideration for those in VAT-exempt industries. We can provide creative solutions for your VAT and indirect tax needs. Our team can also help you plan your transactions, enact your day-to-day business, address disputes with tax authorities, or confidently take on large-scale litigation if needed. We offer workable solutions and our extensive experience means we are ready for whatever arises.

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Our capabilities at a glance

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More than 130 lawyers across the globe.

Operating across 20 offices.

Spread across three continents.

Hear from our clients and industry leaders

Hogan Lovells are responsive, knowledgeable and have key experience and insight regarding the tax risks from a commercial perspective.

Tax client feedback

They are highly experienced and knowledgeable tax partners who can explain complex issues in easy-to-understand terms for business leaders.

Tax client feedback

The team is continually up-to-date on commercial trends and notify me if there are matters that might impact my business.

Tax client feedback

Key contacts

Elliot Weston

Partner

Elliot Weston

Partner

London

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Representative experience

J.P. Morgan on a securitization issued by Banca Agricola Popolare di Sicilia.

Brookfield Asset Management on the sale of a 49% stake in PD Ports to Pontegadea.

Oxford Ionics on its $1.075bn sale to IonQ.

Dick's Sporting Goods on its acquisition of Foot Locker.

CVC on the acquisition of Superstruct alongside KKR.

Shaftesbury PLC on its £5bn all-share merger with Capital & Counties Properties PLC.

Volue AS on the acquisition of PowerBot GmbH.

National Space Company on the acquisition of UP42 Satellite Geospatial Data Company from Airbus.

Novartis on the sale of Advanced Accelerator Applications Molecular Imaging to Siemens Healthineers.

Clipper Logistics on its £1bn takeover by GXO Logistics.

Recordati on its acquisition of Enjaymo.

Myriad Genetics on the reorganization of international business operations and sale of EndoPredict business.

Metro Bank PLC on the sale of a £2.5bn residential mortgage portfolio to NatWest Group PLC.

Kudelski Group on the sale of SKIDATA to ASSA ABLOY.

AXA Health on its acquisition of Healthcare Business Solutions (UK) Limited.

The shareholders of CMS electric GmbH on the sale of company shares to Builtech.

Literacy Capital plc on its sale and reinvestment into Velociti Solutions alongside CBPE.

Ares Management on its acquisition of a stake in the France SailGP Team.

Awards and recognitions

Tier 2 - Tax: non-contentious tax

Legal 500 US

2023

Tier 3 - Tax: International tax

Legal 500 US

2023

Ranked - Tax, District of Columbia

Chambers USA

2023

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Tax

Our global tax group regularly provides cross-jurisdictional teams that advise multinational corporations on sophisticated projects that span multiple countries.

Our global tax practice brings together over 130 dedicated lawyers and tax professionals, offering an exceptional breadth and depth of expertise. We handle the most complex domestic and cross-border matters, delivering tailored solutions for our clients.

Explore our capabilities