Tax

Our tax experts across our locations can provide advice and documentation in relation to:

• analysis of economic substance requirements and advice on ensuring adequate compliance and reporting
• direct and indirect taxes and duties in each location
• local property taxes, consumption taxes and other "tax like" charges
• 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)
• redomiciliation and migration of trusts and tax residence of companies
• advice related to bilateral and multilateral agreements on exchange of information and international conventions regarding mutual assistance and cooperation between tax authorities
• Guernsey tax exempt status for investment funds
• the quoted Eurobond exemption and associated listing services on Cayman and Channel Islands stock exchanges
• 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
• Obtaining Luxembourg income tax clearance
• Use of Luxembourg fund-type vehicles

Our cross-jurisdictional team can provide advice on corporate restructuring such as mergers and acquisitions, scissions, liquidations, transfer of branches.

Our team advises on 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.