

Tax
Our clients require a seamless, multi-jurisdictional tax advisory service, whether on a stand-alone basis or as an integral part of the full legal service offered by Allen & Overy.
That's why, with over 100 tax specialists across our international network, we are able to offer both domestic and cross-border advice wherever our clients need it, whether they are financial institutions, corporate entities, or funds.
The depth and breadth of our knowledge ensures that we are able to support our clients' business needs successfully and provide high quality, innovative tax solutions in the increasingly complex area of tax legislation and practice.
Our tax offering
Asset finance
We have experience in all areas of tax based asset finance, including aviation, shipping, rail and commercial property. We advise many of the world’s leading financial institutions and corporations on domestic and crossborder transactions.
Banking and finance
Many of the world’s leading banks and financial institutions turn to Allen & Overy for help with their most important and innovative deals. Our international Tax group has a great deal of expertise and advises on a range of products from bilateral and syndicated loans, to leveraged acquisition and project finance.
Corporate
We advise on corporate reorganisations and restructurings as well as commercial transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, demergers, capital raising, joint ventures, tax efficient holding company and financing structures and permanent establishment issues. Our client base includes corporations involved in banking and finance, energy, insurance, manufacturing, retail, technology, media, public utility, construction, shipping, aircraft, transport, property and engineering.
Indirect tax
We have indirect tax expertise, in particular value added taxes, across sectors – from the ever-changing financial sector, through asset finance and corporate, to not for profit and private client areas.
International capital markets
Allen & Overy is one of the world’s leading International Capital Markets practices and tax plays a key role in this work. Our international Tax team is involved in the full range of transactions including debt capital markets, derivatives, equity capital markets, Islamic finance, securitisations, structured finance and structured retail products.
Investment funds
We offer cross-border expertise on regulated funds, hedge funds, infrastructure funds, private equity funds, real estate funds and structured funds. Our work covers the structuring of new funds and reviewing fund structures for prospective investors. We also advise managers about ongoing tax issues.
Real Estate
Tax considerations are important in real estate transactions, particularly those that are complex and innovative. We work with our real estate colleagues, providing expert tax advice on every type of real estate transaction.
Restructurings and insolvencies
Our restructuring practice operates at the forefront of a changing market. We provide tax advice to distressed companies, insolvency practitioners, banks and funds.
Structured finance
Frequent changes of law make this a very innovative and challenging area and we are one of the few tax departments that are trusted by clients to advise on and implement their ideas.
Tax investigations
All of our major offices have experience advising clients on tax audits and their relationship with local tax authorities, national courts or European legislative bodies. We regularly deal with domestic and cross-border investigations.
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OECD Pillar Talk

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News and insights

Publications: 13 February 2023
Podcast: Selecting your Fund Domicile - Luxembourg
In this podcast, A&O Partner Kamar Jaffer (Dubai) and Counsel Miao Wang (Luxembourg) discuss the key legal and regulatory trends in Luxembourg, a popular onshore jurisdiction for fund establishment.…

Publications: 13 February 2023
OECD Pillar Talk: Client seminar programme 2023
Our inaugural OECD Pillar Talk webinar will introduce and review some of the central principles of Pillar Two and developments to date in the UK and European Union.

Publications: 12 January 2023
OECD Pillars: Full steam ahead
2023 is set to be a year of change for the global tax landscape. After many years of negotiation, development and consultation, implementation of the OECD’s Pillar One and Pillar Two reforms to…

Publications: 22 July 2021
OECD Pillars, the digital economy and minimum taxes
To date, 132 jurisdictions have committed to the OECD’s two-pillar plan to reform international tax rules, as set out in its statement of 1 July 2021. Although the genesis of the proposed reforms…
Recognition
A very professional, top-class firm" and appreciate the team's particular expertise in "some of the more complex bespoke structured finance transactions.
Chambers & Partners, Tax 2020
Commentators single out the firm for being "very strong on tax" and praise the lawyers as "very reliable" and "pragmatic."
Chambers & Partners, Tax 2020
Extremely competent and well structured with cross-border capabilities.
Chambers & Partners Global, Tax 2019
One source described the team as "top notch" due to their responsiveness, subject knowledge and excellent service.
Chambers & Partners Global, Tax 2019
Clients appreciate the team's "very high-quality advice" admiring both the technical input and the client service.
Chambers & Partners Europe, Tax 2019
They are very business-oriented, with sound technical knowledge and a well-balanced team that has a co-operative mind-set.
Chambers & Partners Europe, Tax 2019