Exit Period

Corporate Finance 

  • Due diligence - Vendor
  • M&A – Sell side, fund rising, management advisory
  • Valuation & valuation review

Contact:

Jean-François Kroonen

Jean-François Kroonen

Corporate Finance Partner


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Tax Consulting Services 

  • Exit strategy structuring
  • Tax advice regarding the repatriation of funds to investors and fund managers
  • Worldwide exit coordination and analysis of cross-border implications
  • Vendor tax due diligence
  • Management participation program/carry planning
  • Preparation of tax modeling to compute income repatriation mechanisms (e.g., computation of variable interest for debt instruments, redemption prices etc.)
  • Controlled foreign companies tax planning (e.g., hook stock structures)
  • Reducing the global withholding tax burden (e.g., use of foreign tax credit, efficient application of the Double tax treaties)
  • Advance tax agreements with the Luxembourg tax authorities covering additional activities than the core fund structure
  • Confirmation of exit by the Luxembourg Tax Authorities

Contacts:

Vincent Lebrun

Vincent Lebrun

Tax Partner, Private Equity Leader


Fiona Monsen

Fiona Monsen

Tax Partner, Tax Structuring, Repatriation Planning and Due Diligence






VAT Services 

  • VAT effectiveness and exemptions
  • Review of agreements and documentation supporting the exit costs
  • VAT deregistration process

Contact:

Laurent Grençon

Laurent Grençon

Tax Partner, VAT Services for Private Equity and Real Estate Structures


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Compliance Services (ECF)  

Corporate Income Taxes

  • Preparation of liquidation tax returns
  • Review of the tax accounts
  • Liaison with tax authorities in respect of the liquidation in process

Contact:

Geraldine Piat

Geraldine Piat

Tax Partner, Private Equity Tax Compliance Services


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Accounting

  • Connection and liaison with auditors and liquidators
  • Preparation of financial information for liquidation purposes
  • Assistance in the preparation of liquidation report
  • Accounting due diligence

Contact:

Luc Trivaudey

Luc Trivaudey

Tax Partner, Private Equity Accounting and Tax Compliance Services


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Corporate Structuring Services (CSS) 

  • Due diligence: a corporate compliance health check
  • Liquidation: determination of the applicable procedure (normal or simplified) in the best interests of the company
  • Drafting the corporate documentation (decisions and proxies)
  • Lodging and publication of the minutes
  • Assistance with drafting the liquidator’s report (for a normal procedure)
  • Assistance with drafting the commissaire’s report (for a normal procedure)

Contact:

Christophe Loly

Christophe Loly

Tax Partner, Corporate Structuring Services


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Transfer Pricing (TP) 

  • Assistance in migration of intellectual property by determining an arm´s length compensation
  • Determining an exit strategy and exit fees in line with OECD Transfer Pricing guidelines and Luxembourg tax law in case of any transfer made to related parties

Contact:

Begga Sigurdardottir

Begga Sigurdardottir

Tax Partner, Private Equity Transfer Pricing


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Regulatory and Advisory Services 

  • Fund support (e.g. new third party providers selection)
  • Exit re-domiciliation assistance
  • Fund migration strategy definition

Contacts:

Xavier Balthazar

Xavier Balthazar

Partner, Regulatory Compliance Advisory Services ("RCAS")


Olivier Carré

Olivier Carré

Advisory Partner, Private Equity Funds


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Audit 

  • Review of an interim dividend
  • Review of the allocation of the carried interests / performance fees
  • Auditor for the liquidation of the Company

Contacts:

Valérie Tixier

Valérie Tixier

Audit Partner, Private Equity Funds Leader


Markus Mees

Markus Mees

Audit Partner, Private Equity


Véronique Lefebvre

Véronique Lefebvre

Audit Partner, Assurance Private Equity Leader and Member of Real Estate Luxembourg Core Group

Philippe Duren

Philippe Duren

Audit Partner, Unregulated Private Equity Structures and IFRS


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Environmental, Social and Governance Services 

  • Environmental, social and governance due diligence for investment exit (vendor due diligence)

Contact:

Laurent Rouach

Laurent Rouach

Sustainability Partner, Sustainability and Climate Change