Seminar | Corporate Finance

Luxembourg Deal Structures: Navigating the Maze
Thursday 13th July 2006
at our new riverside offices: 10 Queen Street Place, London, EC4R 1BE

SJ Berwin LLP has pleasure in inviting you to a seminar reviewing opportunities and issues for deal structuring through Luxembourg.

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Dominic Adams
Boris Meissner
Gilles Dusemon

Background
Luxembourg is often the jurisdiction of choice for buy-out deal structures in Europe, largely because it has a very friendly tax regime. Use of an intermediate holding company can deliver significant tax benefits when holding assets, especially private companies resident in Continental Europe. But there is a bewildering array of corporate and tax rules to navigate, and a variety of structures to consider. And operating the structures in a way that preserves the tax benefits is not always straightforward.
 
At this seminar we shall consider, with the help of experts from Loyens Winandy in Luxembourg and our tax and corporate specialists in London and Germany, how to choose the right tax structure for your deal, and the pitfalls of each. This will be a highly practical and interactive session, with opportunities to ask questions of our expert panel.
 

Timetable
08.30 Registration & breakfast
09.00 Seminar begins
10.00 Questions & panel discussion
10.15 Seminar ends followed by more refreshments

Programme
Chairman's introductory remarks - Steven Davis, Head of Corporate Finance, SJ Berwin LLP

Deal structures: why use a Luxco? - Gilles Dusemon, Loyens Winandy, Luxembourg

Luxembourg vehicles - the corporate structures - Gilles Dusemon, Loyens Winandy, Luxembourg

Common problems in practice, and how to deal with them - German and UK perspectives - Boris Meissner and Dominic Adams, Partners, SJ Berwin LLP

Questions and panel discussion

Training
SJ Berwin is accredited as a provider of continuing professional development by the Law Society and other professional bodies. Attendance at each seminar qualifies as 1 CPD hour, quoting reference 012/SJBE.

RSVP
RSVP by E-mail to candice.ingram@sjberwin.com including in the message your name and organisation. Alternatively by fax on 020 7111 2000. Colleagues are welcome to come with you or in your place, but please let us know if this is the case.
 
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