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 backdropof media attention.
You need clear, pragmatic tax advice to navigate thisworld. 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 enviableglobal 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 thebreadth 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 toget it right. By being involved at all stages — planning,implementation, and review — we help eliminate risk.
We pride ourselves on our industry knowledge withpractical experience in a wide range of sectors. We
understand your business levers. We also draw on theskills of other members of our top-class sector teams

Key contacts
Elliot Weston,London

Areas of focus
Business Restructuring and Tax
Capital Markets and Tax
FinTechInternational Tax Planning
Investment Funds and Tax
M&A and Tax
Real Estate Tax and REITs
Sovereign Investors
Stamp Tax
Tax Audits
Tax Disputes and Controversy
Tax Exempt
Tax Legislation and Policy
Tax Valuation
Value Chain Optimization
VAT and Indirect Tax
Sovereign Wealth
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you need it. We build tax strategies that work for thebusiness as a whole.
We work hard to be an extension of your team, whether
locally or globally. We recognize the importance ofbeing 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 bigtransactions — we want to be part of every aspect ofyour business lifecycle. We want to be your trustedadviser for all your tax needs.

Representative experience
Advising Intel Corporation on its US$4.3 bn sale of a
stake in IMS Nanofabrication.
Advising Volkswagen Financial Services on the setup ofits master securitization platform.
Advising Duke Realty on its US$23bn merger withPrologis.
Advising BASF, BMW Group, Henkel, Mercedes-Benz,SAP, Schaeffler, Siemens, T-Systems, Volkswagen andZF on the foundation of the Cofinity-X joint venture.
Advising Société Générale and Boursorama on
Boursorama’s inaugural French public RMBS
securitisation.
Advising AtlasEdge, a leading pan-European edge data
center provider, on the acquisition of Datacenter One.
Advising Talanx Group on the approximately
US$1.48bn acquisition of insurance businesses in Latin
America from Liberty Mutual
Advising St. Louis University on the sale of SLUCare
Physician Group to SSM Health.
Advising Shaftesbury PLC on its recommended £5bn
all-share merger with Capital & Counties Properties
PLC.

Related practices
Executive Compensation, Employee
Benefits, and Share Incentives
Pensions
REITs
Transfer Pricing

Advising Apollo on its first Dutch residential mortgage
backed securitization.
Advising AEG on the sale of Uber Boat by Thames
Clippers to Northleaf.
Advising Labcorp on its asset purchase and strategiclab relationship with Ascension.
Advising Clipper Logistics on its £1bn takeover by GXO
Logistics.
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 seniorunsecured notes offering, which we believe is thelargest-ever unsecured notes offering in the REIT space,among others.
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 ofFosters and its US$1.9bn strategic alliance withAnadolou Efes.
Advising 3M on the tax aspects of its US$1bn
acquisition of the Separations Media business ofPolypore International, Inc.

Awards and rankings
Tier 2 - Tax: non-contentious tax, Legal 500 US, 2023
Tier 3 - Tax: International tax, Legal 500 US, 2023
Ranked - Tax, District of Columbia, Chambers USA,2023

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