Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• French

Lawyer Overview

Vincent Agulhon is coordinator of Jones Day's tax practice in Europe.

Vincent specializes in international and French direct taxes 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 acquisition/disposition of real estate) and multinationals with group reorganizations, tax consolidation, and the tax aspects of structured finance and derivatives.

Vincent was an associate professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales and continues to lecture at professional seminars (EFE, IBA/IFA, E-ATI) on various topics such as the corporate taxation of derivatives, cross-border mergers and combinations of public companies, the tax treatment of investment funds and their management companies, etc. He has authored a number of tax-related articles for French economic newspapers such as Les Echos, Option Finance, and Le Juriste.

Vincent is cited yearly as one of the best tax lawyers in France in the guides Chambers Global, PLC Which lawyer?, and International Tax Review.

From 1992 to 1999, Vincent practiced with Bureau Francis Lefebvre, a leading French tax law firm. He also worked as a foreign associate with the New York firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore.

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

Areas of Practice

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

Representative Cases

• Acquisition by Recordati S.p.A.
• Acquisition by Sierra Wireless
• Acquisition by Wendel Investissement , (2007)
• Acquisition of Amena
• Acquisition of Empain Graham Developpement
• Acquisition of Steel Mill Services Business
• French Property Fund
• French REIT Acquisition
• Merger with Elf Aquitaine
• Paris Hotel Acquisition
• Portfolio Sale
• Portfolio Sale
• Private Placement
• Private Placement
• Private Placement by InFusio
• Private Placement by Jaluna
• Private Placement by Soisic S.A.
• Private transaction for the implementation of Clean Development Mechanisms as defined by the Kyoto Protocol , (2006)
• Property and Share Purchases
• Public Offering and Regulation S Notes Offering
• Sale of Consumer Healthcare Business
• Sale of Core Voice and Data Business
• Sale of Food Ingredients Business
• Sale of Metal Connectors Business
• Sale of NextiraOne Europe
• Sale of Trandolapril Rights
• Sale of worldwide silicones business
• Sale-Leaseback of Office/Laboratory Property in France
• Senior Secured Notes
• Syndicated Multicurrency Revolving Facility
• VOIP Italian Business
• Windpark Project

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Corporate Taxation, Eminent Domain, Estate & Gift Taxation, Excise Taxes, Income Taxation, International Law, International Taxation, International Taxation, International Transactions, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Payroll Taxes, Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes, Real Estate Law, Residential Real Estate, Sales & Use Taxes, Taxation Law, Title Insurance

Bar Admissions

• Paris, France

Education

• U de Paris I - 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

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