A&O Shearman

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With nearly 4,000 lawyers globally, we are equally fluent in English law, U.S. law and the laws of the world’s most dynamic markets.

This combination creates a new kind of law firm, one built to achieve unparalleled outcomes for our clients on their most complex, multijurisdictional matters – everywhere in the world. A firm that advises at the forefront of the forces changing the current of global business and that is unrivalled in its global strength.

Our lawyers have long enjoyed a reputation for cultivating powerful relationships, thriving on seamless collaboration with each other and with their clients and earning the right to be trusted advisors.

Our clients benefit from the collective experience of teams who work with many of the world’s most influential companies and institutions, and have a history of precedent-setting innovations.

This experience and expertise creates a firm with the power to shape our clients’ fortunes and apply the law in groundbreaking ways – whether through innovative thinking or new products, services and technologies.

"They are a pleasure to work with. They are practical. They are always available and they understand what is at stake. They have a very good local and international team."

Compliance Management

• Business model optimisation
• Economic modelling
• Policy design
• Technology services

Corporate Tax Matters

• Restructuring
• Transactions
• M&A
• Financial services
• Environmental
• Corporate taxes
• Value chains

Dispute Resolution

• Dispute resolution
• Litigation
• Arbitration
• State aid

Tax Advisory

• Tax consulting
• International tax advisory

Indirect Tax

• VAT

Transfer Pricing

• • Business restructuring
  • Business model optimisation
  • Competition / Anti-Trust cases
  • Arbitration
  • Litigation

• Banking
• Financial services
• Real estate
• Tech and telecoms
• Energy

• We advised Banco Santander and Morgan Stanley, as the financing entities, on the Spanish tax aspects of the voluntary tender offer launched by the joint venture vehicle of real estate funds Hines and Grupo Lar for Lar España Real Estate SOCIMI, S.A.
• We advised Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that arranged the transaction, on the acquisition by Saudi Telecom (STC), the state-owned telecom operator of Saudi Arabia, of a 9.9% stake in Telefónica, one of the largest telecom companies in the world, for c.€2.1 billion.
• We advised Codere Group on their critical debt restructuring process, which involved a historic debt reduction of €1.6 billion. Our role was comprehensive, encompassing both tax advisory and transaction structuring services.

We offer tax expertise in relation to general and specialist financing transactions, covering from general lending, to Leveraged Buy Outs (LBOs), real estate financing, and across the full spectrum of banking transactions; tax-based structured finance; capital markets transactions and products, national and international securitizations and all types of structured products and derivatives; corporate reorganizations, restructurings, and M&A; the structuring of and investment by funds; real estate investment; restructuring and insolvency processes; distress, special situations and all types of NPLs and RPLs investment, holding and divestment; and the resolution of tax disputes and investigations, whether on a stand-alone basis or as an integral part of a full legal service. We are frequently involved in the first transaction of its kind to be undertaken.

With over 120 tax specialists across our international network, we are able to offer both domestic and cross-border advice in various sectors, wherever our clients need it, whether they are financial institutions, corporate entities, or funds. The depth and breadth of our knowledge ensures that we support our clients’ business needs successfully and provide high-quality, innovative tax solutions in the increasingly complex area of tax legislation and practice.