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2027 Edition
General corporate tax
45 firms ranked
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Arsene Taxand
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Bredin Prat
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CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
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Deloitte Société d’Avocats
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EY
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Baker McKenzie
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PwC Société d'Avocats
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Sullivan & Cromwell
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A&O Shearman
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August & Debouzy
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
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Clifford Chance
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DLA Piper
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Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
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Dentons
8 practice areas
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Fidal
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Freshfields
5 practice areas
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Gide Loyrette Nouel
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Jeantet
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LPA Law
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Latham & Watkins
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Linklaters
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Mayer Brown
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
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Cabinet Turot
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De Pardieu Brocas Maffei
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
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Jones Day
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McDermott Will & Schulte
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Racine
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Valoris Avocats
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White & Case
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Tier 5

Arkwood
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Dechert
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
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HPML
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Kirkland & Ellis
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Philippe Derouin
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Steering Legal
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
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Eptalex
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Proskauer Rose
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Tax controversy
22 firms ranked
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Baker McKenzie
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Bredin Prat
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CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
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Cabinet Turot
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Deloitte Société d’Avocats
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Jeantet
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Mayer Brown
7 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
5 practice areas
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Tier 3

Arkwood
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Arsene Taxand
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DLA Piper
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Dentons
8 practice areas
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EY
7 practice areas
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Freshfields
5 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
4 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
7 practice areas
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PwC Société d'Avocats
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Racine
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Grant Thornton Société d’Avocats
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Valoris Avocats
6 practice areas
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Eptalex
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LPA Law
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Transactional tax
34 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Arsene Taxand
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Bredin Prat
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Freshfields
5 practice areas
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Kirkland & Ellis
4 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
7 practice areas
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
5 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
7 practice areas
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CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
7 practice areas
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DLA Piper
7 practice areas
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Dechert
3 practice areas
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Deloitte Société d’Avocats
6 practice areas
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EY
7 practice areas
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
5 practice areas
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Paul Hastings
7 practice areas
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Tier 3

Chammas & Marcheteau
1 practice area
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
3 practice areas
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Clifford Chance
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Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
4 practice areas
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Dentons
8 practice areas
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
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Joffe & Associés
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Keels Avocats View profile
LPA Law
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Lacourte Raquin Tatar
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McDermott Will & Schulte
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Proskauer Rose
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Racine
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Steering Legal
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White & Case
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Tier 4

Arkwood
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Jeantet
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King & Spalding
4 practice areas
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Valoris Avocats
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Transfer pricing
22 firms ranked
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Arsene Taxand
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Baker McKenzie
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CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
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Deloitte Société d’Avocats
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EY
7 practice areas
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PwC Société d'Avocats
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Fidal
4 practice areas
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Grant Thornton Société d’Avocats
3 practice areas
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KPMG Avocats
7 practice areas
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Tier 3

&Co Advisory
2 practice areas
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August & Debouzy
3 practice areas
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Bredin Prat
6 practice areas
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DLA Piper
7 practice areas
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Dentons
8 practice areas
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Forvis Mazars
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Freshfields
5 practice areas
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LPA Law
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LexCase
3 practice areas
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Mayer Brown
7 practice areas
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TPHC Associés
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Cara Avocats
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Sullivan & Cromwell
4 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Tax

The full-service international law firm offers its range of clients (SME to large cap companies) tax support in contentious and non-contentious matters. Indeed, the tax practice has expertise in transactional tax, particularly on M&A, private equity, infrastructure, and more. Tax partner Cyril Valentin heads the tax department where managing partner Vincent Daniel-Mayeur oversees the Paris office.

Client feedback

'Freshfields' team was instrumental in the corporate set up of our platform and various JVs over the past years. They have demonstrated strong agility in providing tailor-made advice best serving our commercial needs. Very innovative approach allowing us to create a true edge versus our competitors.'

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The industry’s response to AI requires an unfamiliar ingredient as firms battle to shape their futures
ITR concludes its analysis of World Tax’s rankings for 2026 by highlighting the firms that stood out most on a global scale
The firms received fees for referring clients to the avoidance scheme, HMRC said; in other news, Freshfields’ former tax head has lost his fraud conviction appeal
Ahead of another busy year for the World Tax rankings and ITR Awards, we profile some of the UK’s major firms and explore key market trends
Firms are starkly divided on the benefits of specialist tax litigation teams over generalist practices, ITR’s analysis also finds
Awards
The firm picked up awards for its work in multiple jurisdictions, while DLA Piper walked away with four individual honours
In an exclusive interview with ITR, Eelco van der Stok also argues that it’s not a good strategy for ‘big four’ transfer pricing specialists to run disputes on their own
Losses for HM Revenue and Customs and the Australian Taxation Office, cum-ex fraud and a 'mysterious funder' all feature in ITR’s list of 2024’s most significant tax cases so far
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