Tax

Tax

We understand that local tax is an important consideration in an international transaction. We provide specific tax expertise from each of our locations to support financial institutions, multinational corporates, funds and asset managers.

Our services include,
• Advice related to bilateral and multilateral agreements on exchange of information and international conventions regarding mutual assistance and cooperation between tax authorities
• Advice to businesses wishing to establish an entity in our locations (including cross jurisdictional analysis as to which of our jurisdictions is most appropriate for a given business)
• Direct and indirect taxes and duties in each location
• Local property taxes, consumption taxes and other "tax like" charges
• Redomiciliation and migration of trusts and tax residence of companies
• Tax advice on corporate restructuring such as mergers and acquisitions, scissions, liquidations, transfer of branches
• Tax issues concerning private wealth including advice in respect of trusts, companies and foundations as vehicles for the holding of private wealth and consideration of the taxation implications of changing control dynamics of those vehicles
• Tax structuring of intellectual property rights
• The impact of management and control on tax residence (i.e. substance) and our practical experience of how those issues are addressed in our jurisdictions
• Transfers of assets within the jurisdiction related to aircraft and other high value movable assets
• Use of hybrid finance instruments, hybrid structures and different forms of partnership
• Use of securitisation vehicles