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Our Tax Group is one of the leading tax law practices in Ireland. We provide fully comprehensive and commercial tax advice to a broad range of domestic and international clients operating in all sectors of the Irish economy.

The Group takes the lead on advisory, transactional and contentious matters or works on an integrated basis with other practice groups in the firm such as corporate, finance, capital markets, real estate and litigation. Our clients include large multinational public companies, many of the world’s leading financial institutions, government bodies and many of Ireland’s leading companies.

Corporate Tax Matters

• APAs
• Corporate taxes
• Cost-sharing arrangements
• Cryptocurrency
• Environmental
• Financial services
• M&A
• Restructuring
• Technology
• Transactions
• Value chains

Tax Advisory

• International tax advisory

• Accounting
• Aviation
• Banking
• Construction and materials
• Consumer goods and services
• Energy
• Financial services
• Government and public policy
• Healthcare
• Insurance
• Investment management
• Natural resources
• Pharmaceutical and life sciences
• Real estate
• Technology and telecommunications
• Transport
• Utilities

Fintan Clancy
Transactions
fintan.clancy@arthurcox.com

• Running successful litigation at the Tax Appeals Commission (“TAC”) and the Superior Courts on issue such as VAT recovery for listed holding companies, management expenses deduction, taxation of share recharge payments, expense deduction of withholding tax with a 100% win rate at the TAC
• Running MAP and APA processes with the Irish Revenue and tax authorities in the US, UK, Korea, Spain, Canada, among others over transfer pricing matters and other issues such as CEO compensation, resolving dual residence etc.
• Advising Aptiv in relation to its accelerated share repurchase transactions, bond issuances and corporate restructurings

Ailish Finnerty
International tax advisory
ailish.finnerty@arthurcox.com

• Advising a number of publicly traded US life sciences and technology companies on the migration of their intellectual property portfolios to Ireland (including from CV/BV structures and offshore jurisdictions) and establishing DEMPE functions in Ireland
• Advising Aon plc on its abandoned $80 billion all-share combination with Willis Towers Watson plc
• Advising a number of US and European asset managers in establishing Irish structures (section 110 companies and fund structures) to hold a variety of asset classes including trade receivables, equipment leases, royalty receivables, life settlements etc

David Kilty
Transactions
david.kilty@arthurcox.com

• Advising a number of leading financial institutions such as Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley on a variety of structured finance transactions
• Advising managers such as Apollo, AXA, Blackstone, Carlyle, Chenavari and KKR on CLO transactions
• Advising a number of other arrangers and managers on the establishment of Irish originator platforms for CLOs and advising on a series of CLOs utilising these structures

• Tax group
• Tax disputes
• Meet our tax team