Tax

Longstanding reputation in the market for providing quality, added-value advice on all areas of tax

Our extensive experience in providing the best technical advice and most innovative solutions to companies and individuals, on both national and international levels, enables us to meet our clients’ most demanding needs for integrated, efficient, and timely tax assistance. Based on their sound legal and economic background, practice members excel in terms of client service for their proactive and problem-solving approach.

Our Tax Practice, one of the most renowned and largest in the Iberian market, with more than 300 lawyers in Spain and Portugal, has been the key legal advisor on both strategic and ongoing tax matters to some of the most relevant and largest companies in Spain and Portugal for many years.

We have in-depth experience in advising on the full spectrum of tax-related matters, including general corporate tax, tax litigation, financial and international taxation, and transfer pricing, as well as in all matters related to wealth management and indirect taxation.

We are always on the cutting-edge of tax law development in Spain and Portugal and our lawyers are regularly involved in the drafting of new tax regulations.

Corporate taxation: We offer day-to-day advice for companies and other corporate entities, as well as tax planning in mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring operations, advising on the tax aspects of financial transactions, contracts, capital markets transactions, including securitizations and derivatives, and structured finance transactions, both at national and international level. We also advise on all matters related to tax due diligence.

International taxation: We advise on legal and financial issues, relying on our in-depth knowledge of tax laws and of how international transactions and structures operate. When we advise clients, we aim to achieve tax optimization for joint ventures, financial transactions, investment funds, derivatives, and VAT and other indirect taxes.

Private clients: We advise private clients and families on a broad spectrum of tax areas, ranging from tax planning and advice, to advice on financial and investment management solutions, and establishing and managing family offices. We also advise on the expatriation of employees and executives, including assistance with designing tax efficient remuneration packages.

Financial taxation: We provide ongoing advice for banking, insurance and financial institutions, optimizing their institutional taxation and procedures, as well managing their tax risks, supporting them in all types of proceedings before the tax authorities and the courts.

Tax litigation: We advise on the full spectrum of tax procedures in Spain and Portugal, including administrative and judicial claims and appeals. We defend our clients’ interests before all types of courts and tribunals, ranging from local administrative entities to the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court, as well as the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights.

Indirect taxation: We advise on indirect taxes such as VAT, and transfer tax and stamp duty, as well as on customs and special taxes. We also advise on local taxes and on all taxes specific to regulated sectors.

Transfer pricing: We advise on national and international related party transactions. Our advice includes business restructuring, benchmarking of related party transactions, drawing up mandatory documentation, advising on and following up tax audits and appeals in court, as well as negotiating advance price agreements and following up mutual agreement procedures to avoid international double taxation.

Accountancy law: We complement the fiscal analysis of transactions and structures under scrutiny from an accountancy law perspective, considering the possible impact on companies’ accounts and offering a global vision and the maximum added value possible in our advisory services. We also assist in other areas, particularly regarding corporate and litigation matters.