Jean Schaffner
Associé
Luxembourg
Jean Schaffner
Associé
Luxembourg
Coordonnées
Jean est l'associé responsable du département droit fiscal d'Allen & Overy Luxembourg. Il conseille de nombreuses banques d'investissement internationales en structuration fiscale et financière, y compris sur des programmes de titrisation, et il possède une vaste expérience dans l'accompagnement d'investisseurs institutionnels et de fonds de capital-risque lors d'investissements internationaux. La fiscalité des investissements luxembourgeois et la structuration d'acquisitions internationales via des véhicules luxembourgeois réglementés et non-réglementés font également partie de ses domaines de compétence. Jean dispose de plus de 20 ans d'expérience en droit fiscal et est l'auteur de plusieurs ouvrages sur la fiscalité luxembourgeoise et internationale.
“Hailed by clients as ‘the best tax lawyer in Luxembourg’, Jean Schaffner is an experienced adviser for investment banks and funds, assisting with a range of tax mandates. His recent work has included acting for corporations on state aid investigations, VAT and tax disputes. He also has an outstanding reputation for advice on the tax aspects of transactions.”
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Qualifications
Professionnelles
Académiques
Docteur en Droit (Ph.D), Luxembourg, 2012
HEC, Paris, 1991
DESS, International Taxation Law, University of Paris-Sud XI, 1991
Maîtrise, Political Science, University of Strasbourg, 1989
Maîtrise, Law, University of Strasbourg, 1989
Qualifications
Professionnelles
Académiques
Docteur en Droit (Ph.D), Luxembourg, 2012
HEC, Paris, 1991
DESS, International Taxation Law, University of Paris-Sud XI, 1991
Maîtrise, Political Science, University of Strasbourg, 1989
Maîtrise, Law, University of Strasbourg, 1989
Recherche
Advising McDonald’s in the preparation of the response to the EU Commission investigation regarding tax and state aid which was filed by the Luxembourg Ministry of Finance.
Advising on cross-border re-domiciliation of an international metal group.
Advising the Luxembourg steelmaker Ternium on the acquisition of thyssenkrupp Slab International and its wholly-owned subsidiary CSA Siderúrgica do Atlântico in Brazil, a steel slab producer with a steelmaking facility located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, with an annual production capacity of 5 million tons of high-end steel slabs, from thyssenKrupp AG. thyssenKrupp AG will assign to Ternium a two-million-ton per year agreement to supply slabs to thyssenkrupp’s former Calvert re-rolling facility in Alabama, U.S..
Advising Saham Group, Africa's leading multiservices group, on the merger of Bertelsmann's and Saham Group's CRM businesses. The two companies will each hold 50 percent of the shares in the new company, which will employ almost 48,000 employees in 25 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. The new company will generate an annual turnover of around EUR1.2 bn.
Published work
- Jean Schaffner (Head of editorial board) « Livre jubilaire de l’International Fiscal Association Luxembourg » Legitech 2018
- Jean Schaffner (2013) "How fixed is a permanent establishment?", Luxembourg Kluwer, 2013
- Jean Schaffner (2010) "General Principles of Luxembourg Taxation", Anthemis
- Jean Schaffner (co-author) (2009) "Dossiers Internationaux Luxembourg", 8th edition, Francis Lefebvre
- Jean Schaffner 1999 (1st edition), 2005 (2nd edition), 2013 (3rd edition) "Droit fiscal international (Luxembourg and international tax law issues)", Promoculture
Distinction
The 'exceptional' Jean Schaffner is widely regarded as 'one of the best tax practitioners in Luxembourg.' Another client lauds him as 'the reference point in Luxembourg for international tax law'.
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Jean Schaffner stands out in the market thanks to glowing feedback, with interviewees describing him as 'clearly a leading individual' and 'one of the strongest technical tax lawyers in Luxembourg'. A client hails him as 'one of the most impressive tax lawyers' in Luxembourg, further adding: 'His knowledge of tax is unprecedented'.
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