Hubert Christophe

Hubert Christophe

Partner
Attorney-at-law

EDUCATION
Attorney-at-law, admitted to Paris Bar
Sciences Po Paris – Master’s degree in Economic Law (with a major in market and regulatory law)
EM Lyon (preparatory foundation course at Stanislas Paris) – MSc in Management (with a major in finance)
Languages: French, English

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022: Partner, Eight Advisory Avocats
2019: Attorney-at-law, Eight Advisory Avocats
2013 – 2019: Manager, EY Société d’Avocats – International and Transaction Tax departments

SPECIALIST SECTORS
Retail, Technology-Media-Telecommunications (TMT), e-commerce, luxury goods / cosmetics, health and pharmaceuticals, infrastructure, energy, maritime and land transportation, industry, basic research, startups

SKILLS
Transactional tax issues
Buy-side/sell-side or refinancing tax due diligence
Independent review of fiscal VDD / Tax Fact Book
Tax modeling
Review and drafting of contractual tax clauses, notably for SPA deals
Tax structuring

Non transactional tax issues
Transformation: pre- and post-deal restructurings as well as internal restructurings, diagnostics to identify tax synergies / dis-synergies
Valuation and transfer pricing: tax analysis of valuations, tax implications of the purchase price allocation, transfer pricing documentation
Restructuring: fiscal assistance to companies in receivership, acquisition of insolvent companies, submission of filings to benefit from the transfer of tax deficits
Assistance with tax audits / litigations and in the applications for rulings