Our tax disputes team provides practical advice on tax disputes, tax compliance and tax controversies, including tax audits by tax authorities.
We help you to identify and manage potential threats to your business across all jurisdictions where you operate.
Taxpayers, particularly those operating across national borders, face a complex and challenging environment. Tax authorities now use a wider range of tools to pursue taxpayers to address the perceived ‘tax gap’ created by perceived tax planning.
We have offices with tax disputes expertise across the globe.
Our teams are based principally in Europe, but we have also advised clients with respect to tax compliance and tax-related disputes arising in other jurisdictions. We act as an interface between clients and local counsel, bringing matters to a successful conclusion.
We have expertise in the following areas:
- Tax litigation before national and international courts, specialist tax tribunals, the courts of appeal and the European Court of Justice
- Corporation Tax and VAT disputes
- Enforcement proceedings
- Negotiation and drafting of settlements with tax authorities (particularly on high value matters)
- Cross-border disclosure requests from tax authorities
- Arbitrations with a significant tax component
- Advising clients on parliamentary and similar investigations
- Management of overall tax risk
- Cross-border issues including permanent establishments, employment
- Advising on the negotiation of tax treaties or bilateral and multilateral trade agreements with a significant tax component, and tax treaty disputes.
