Agulhon, Vincent

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• French

Lawyer Overview

Vincent Agulhon's practice focuses on international and French direct tax matters. He has substantial experience in the tax structuring aspects of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and has advised investment funds and foreign investors on French transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions of real estate, and multinationals on group reorganizations, tax consolidation, and the tax aspects of structured finance. He also represents corporations in connection with tax audits, disputes, and litigation, including in connection with EC law.

Vincent's recent representations include advising Blackstone in its leveraged acquisition and subsequent reorganization of a portfolio of French hotels, General Electric Real Estate in connection with several acquisitions and the formation of a joint venture, Pfizer in various reorganizations including the integration of recently acquired companies, Rodamco in its cross-border merger with Unibail, and a group of Dutch pension funds in their successful challenge of French dividend withholding taxes based on principles of EC law. Other clients include Athlon Car Lease, Bell Microproducts, Morgan Stanley, Partech, PepsiCo, Rhodia, Société Générale, and Westbrook.

Vincent coordinates Jones Day's Tax Practice in Europe.

He has authored a number of tax-related articles for French economic newspapers and legal publications such as Les Echos, Option Finance, and Revue de Droit Fiscal.

He is a member of the Paris Bar, the Institut des Avocats Conseils Fiscaux, and the International Fiscal Association.

Areas of Practice

• Tax
• Business Restructuring & Reorganization
• Environmental, Health & Safety
• Climate Change
• Real Estate Capital Markets
• Real Estate Funds
• International/Cross-Border Planning & Transactions
• Mergers & Acquisitions/Tax
• Private Equity/Tax

Representative Cases

• Atlas Venture and Index Ventures invest in Jaluna
• Atlas Venture invests in Soisic S.A.
• Atos Origin companies obtain facility for refinancing and corporate purposes
• Aventis sells rights of trandolapril to Abbott Laboratories
• Banco Santander finances wind park project in Beausemblant, France
• Completel Europe is acquired by Altice B2B France
• Completel issues $145.4 million of Equity and Debt in a PIPE private placement to qualified institutional investors
• Deutsch Company sells Deutsche Metal Components and Permaswage , (2009)
• France Télécom acquires Amena for $7.7 billion , (2009)
• France Telecom completes $2.5 billion public offering of notes , (2009)
• France Télécom sets up and structures its VOIP Italian business
• French investor acquires 100% of the shares of the company holding the main commercial shopping mall in Papeete , (2009)
• Harsco Corp acquires steel mill services business for $229 million
• Insight Venture invests in IN-FUSIO
• LaSalle forms LaSalle French Fund II
• Marathon Real Estate Opportunity Fund sells multiple French buildings and companies , (2009)
• Morgan Stanley acquires 20% of a French REIT
• Novexel raises €40 million in Series A round
• Novexel to be acquired by AstraZeneca for $505 million , (2009)
• OE Holding SA acquired by Recordati S.p.A. , (2009)
• Orion Capital Managers acquires Empain Graham Developpement
• Pfizer sells consumer healthcare business to Johnson & Johnson for $16.6 billion , (2009)
• Platinum Equity sells NextiraOne Europe , (2009)
• Realia Business purchases shares and corresponding office buildings
• Rhodia implements Clean Development Mechanisms defined by Kyoto Protocol , (2006)
• Rhodia sells food ingredients business to Danisco
• Rhodia sells worldwide silicones business to China National Bluestar
• TAK Imaging raises $16.25 million in Series C round
• Teleglobe sells core voice and data business to Cerberus Capital Management and TenX Capital Partners
• The Deutsch Group completes sale to WENDEL Investissement , (2009)
• Total acquires Elf Aquitaine for $55 billion , (2009)
• Veolia completes public offering and Regulation S offering for $1.8 million of Notes , (2009)
• Wavecom agrees to be acquired by Sierra Wireless in friendly deal , (2009)
• Westbrook Real Estate Funds forms joint venture for the sale-leaseback of a Nice office/lab property
• Westbrook Real Estate Partners II acquires 4-star Paris hotel , (2009)
• Westbrook Real Estate Partners II sells eight commercial buildings

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Clean Air Practice, Cleanup & Superfund, Corporate Taxation, Environmental Law, Estate & Gift Taxation, Excise Taxes, Hazardous Waste, Income Taxation, International Law, International Taxation, International Taxation, International Transactions, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Payroll Taxes, Permits, Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes, Real Estate Law, Regulatory Compliance & Auditing, Sales & Use Taxes, Solid Waste, Taxation Law, Water Pollution, Wetlands & Wild Lands

Bar Admissions

• Paris, France

Education

• Ecole Hautes Etudes Commercial
• U de Paris I - France
• U de Paris XI - France

Published Works

• Retenue à la source de l’article 182-B et application rétroactive de la loi pénale la plus douce, Option Finance, 2008
• The 3 Percent Tax Regime Reform, 2008
• Group Taxation in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, 2002

Address

2, rue Saint- Florentin
75001 Paris, France

Phones

33.1.56.59.38.98 (Business Phone)

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