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Jacques Henry De Bourmont

Jeantet

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Highly Regarded
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
French
English
German
Biography

Jacques-Henry de Bourmont represents French and international clients, companies and investment funds, in all their tax issues (tax and criminal advice and litigation, transfer pricing, management of intangible assets, asset optimization, structuring of management packages, executive compensation, real estate taxation, etc.). Admitted to the Paris and Frankfurt Bars, he has developed a recognized experience in the Franco-German sphere. He taught real estate taxation at ESSEC and was a French Foreign Trade Advisor. He began his career at Rhône-Poulenc (now Sanofi Aventis), then joined Ernst & Young Sociétés d’Avocats where he was head of the French Desk in Frankfurt until 2005. He then became Managing Director and Head of the Tax Department of Marcus Partner and later joined LPA-CGR (Lefèvre Pelletier) where he was Head of Corporate-Tax and of the Franco-German Department.

Recent matter highlights
  • Advising a French group for all its international tax issues (reorganization, transfer pricing, financing).
  • Advising families for their tax issues relating to gift and inheritance taxes and for their investment in UE.
  • Advising foreign States for their real estate investment and to structure their own tax system.
Key Practice areas

Corporate tax matters:

  • Transactions
  • APAs
  • Cost-sharing arrangements
  • Financial services
  • Corporate taxes
  • Value chains
  • Cross-border project management
  • Restructuring
  • M&A
  • Environmental

Transfer pricing:

  • Cost-Sharing Arrangements
  • IP Management
  • Audit Defence
  • Litigation
  • International Tax Planning
  • Dispute Resolution
  • TP Policy Design
  • Controversy Management
  • Arbitration
  • TP Risk Management
  • Audit Support
  • Cross-Border Project Management
  • Business Restructuring

Compliance management:

  • IP management
  • Policy design
  • Technology services

Dispute resolution:

  • State aid
  • MAPs/ADRs
  • Controversy management
  • Audit support
  • Audit defence
  • Dispute resolution
  • Pre-litigation
  • Litigation
  • Arbitration

Tax advisory:

  • Tax consulting
  • International tax advisory

Indirect tax:

    • Customs

 

Sector specialisations
  • Energy
  • Banking
  • Industrials
  • Investment management
  • Oil and gas
Bar admissions

Paris (France) and Francfort (Germany)

Association membership

International Fiscal Association (IFA), RICS, IBA, ASPIM (Real Estate), IACF

Academic qualifications
  • Ecole Polytechnique (2023-2024) : Executive Master,
  • Paris Dauphine (PSL) : Master's degree in management science and accounting, postgraduate diploma (DESS) in tax management.
  • Paris X : postgraduate diploma (DEA) in commercial law.
Address:
Paris - Francfort
Tel:+33614721865 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:http://www.jeantet.fr

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