Tax

Tax

Today's business world is teeming with pressures. The need for innovation and growth to stay competitive. Increased cross border activity. Heightened regulation. Not to mention the challenging tax environment. Complex tax rules. More tax transparency. Authorities acting on mandates to protect the tax base. A backdrop of media attention.

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You need clear, pragmatic tax advice to navigate this world. You need measured advice, combining invention and prudence appropriately. You need advisers who are one step ahead. You need the Hogan Lovells Tax Team.

We are one team, no borders. A team with an enviable global reach, covering five global regions and with true strength on both sides of the Atlantic.

And we're different — a combination of lawyers, accountants, and economists gives us a team with the breadth and depth of knowledge you need in dealing with tax. From tax consulting to transactional tax advice, from tax optimization to tax valuations, from legislative guidance to tax audits and disputes. You can trust us to get it right. By being involved at all stages — planning, implementation, and review — we help eliminate risk.

We pride ourselves on our industry knowledge with practical experience in a wide range of sectors. We understand your business levers. We also draw on the skills of other members of our top-class sector teams so that you have the complete advice you need, when you need it. We build tax strategies that work for the business as a whole.

We work hard to be an extension of your team, whether locally or globally. We recognize the importance of being part of the solution. Our approach is hands-on and committed, placing value on long-term relationships. We do not just come in for the big transactions — we want to be part of every aspect of your business lifecycle. We want to be your trusted adviser for all your tax needs.

Key contacts

Elliot Weston

Partner

Elliot Weston

Partner

London

Meet the Tax team

Representative experience

Advised Brown-Forman Corporation on the restructuring of their ownership of Finlandia Vodka Worldwide Ltd. following its acquisition from Altia Corporation of Finland.

Advised Orbital Sciences Corporation on agreement to combine with Alliant Techsystems Inc.’s Aerospace and Defense (A&D) businesses to create Orbital ATK, Inc.

Advising 3M on the tax aspects of its US$1bn acquisition of the Separations Media business of Polypore International, Inc.

Advising Argent and related companies consortium on their successful (and first) bid for a £4bn iconic redevelopment project in the UK – Brent Cross South.

Advising Chubb on tax issues relating to the redomestication of its European operating company from Belgium to the UK.

Advising Daimler on their purchase (as part of a consortium alongside Audi and BMW) of Here, Nokia's digital mapping services business, for £2bn.

Advising Euler Hermes (Allianz Group) on its international joint venture with Spain's leading insurance group, Mapfre.

Advising ExxonMobil on reorganization of the international holdings structure of the ExxonMobil Group, involving Spanish, U.S., and Luxembourg companies with an aggregate market value of €47bn.

Advising GE on the US$23bn sale of its global real estate equity and debt portfolio business to Blackstone Group and Wells Fargo & Co.

Advising Kodak Pension Plan on the US$650m acquisition of the Rockford and Walden businesses from the Kodak Group.

Advising Liberty Global on the disposal of its international content division, Chellomedia, to AMC Networks Inc. for US$1bn.

Advising Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on a global joint venture between Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Inc. and Siemens.

Advising SABMiller on the A$11.5bn acquisition of Fosters and its US$1.9bn strategic alliance with Anadolou Efes.

Advising TSB Bank on their acquisition of £3.3bn of former Northern Rock mortgages and loans from Cerberus Capital Management group.

Advising Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in the structuring of its worldwide film, television, and video distribution networks.

Advising 3M on the tax aspects of its US$1bn acquisition of the Separations Media business of Polypore International, Inc.

Advising AEG on the sale of Uber Boat by Thames Clippers to Northleaf.

Advising Apollo on its first Dutch residential mortgage backed securitization.

Advising AtlasEdge, a leading pan-European edge data center provider, on the acquisition of Datacenter One.

Advising BASF, BMW Group, Henkel, Mercedes-Benz, SAP, Schaeffler, Siemens, T-Systems, Volkswagen and ZF on the foundation of the Cofinity-X joint venture.

Advising Clipper Logistics on its £1bn takeover by GXO Logistics.

Advising Duke Realty on its US$23bn merger with Prologis.

Advising Intel Corporation on its US$4.3 bn sale of a stake in IMS Nanofabrication.

Advising Internet Mobile Communications Limited on its US$450m business combination with Crystal Peak Acquisition.

Advising Labcorp on its asset purchase and strategic lab relationship with Ascension.

Advising Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on a global joint venture between Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Inc. and Siemens

Advising SABMiller on the A$11.5bn acquisition of Fosters and its US$1.9bn strategic alliance with Anadolou Efes.

Advising Shaftesbury PLC on its recommended £5bn all-share merger with Capital & Counties Properties PLC.

Advising Société Générale and Boursorama on Boursorama’s inaugural French public RMBS securitisation.

Advising St. Louis University on the sale of SLUCare Physician Group to SSM Health.

Advising Talanx Group on the approximately US$1.48bn acquisition of insurance businesses in Latin America from Liberty Mutual

Advising VICI Properties on a number of transactions including on its US$17.2bn acquisition of MGM Growth Properties and on its inaugural US$5bn senior unsecured notes offering, which we believe is the largest-ever unsecured notes offering in the REIT space, among others.

Advising Volkswagen Financial Services on the setup of its master securitization platform.