Our tax lawyers are familiar with mergers and acquisitions deals. We have substantial experiences in representing clients in acquisitions, sales, mergers and restructures of businesses.

A tax consequence of the proposed transaction is one of the major factors that the parties need to understand prior to making the deal. The consideration from the tax perspective can significantly weight in on how the parties would like to structure their deal, either the share sale or the business/asset sale with the payment in either cash or share (or sometimes combinations of both).

For Acquirer/Buyer

We advise acquirers/buyers on the tax status of target companies and the tax consequence of the proposed transaction so that acquirers/buyers can make the decision on whether the acquisition should be the business/asset sale or the share sale.

Our effort is made to save the transaction costs for clients. In addition, we advise acquirers/buyers on depreciation and amortization strategies in the deal structure that provide substantial tax advantages once they assume control of the purchased business as well as the tax aspects of financing the purchase.

Looking forward to the future, acquirers/buyers of the business want to acquire the business in the structure that will give them the substantial tax saving when acquirers/buyers exit/sell/dispose the business in the future.

We help acquirers/buyers select the tax efficient structure that suits their needs.In achieving these objectives for our clients, we employ certain tax saving strategies.

For Seller

As far as tax is concerned, normally the most important issue for the sellers is how to find the legitimate ways to minimize the capital gain tax, VAT, specific business tax, stamp duties and official fees imposed on the sale of business.

Our extensive experiences help us achieve these aims for our clients. It is crucial for sellers to find a tax planning strategy fits the circumstance of their transaction to save the tax, otherwise sellers will find themselves with the huge tax liabilities, which come primarily from realization of the capital gain and the transfer of assets.

For Mergers & Restructure

Normally, when companies merge with each other or one company transfers the business to another company, the tax consequences from their merger or business transfer will be numerous, from corporate income tax, VAT, specific business tax, stamp duties and official fees.

Without the proper tax planning, more or less the merger or the business transfer will end up with the significant tax liabilities These tax liabilities primarily arise from the deemed capital gain and the imposition of VAT/specific business tax on asset transfer.

Therefore, it is important for the relevant parties to structure a merger deal or a business transfer deal in the most tax efficient manner. Our firm can help clients structure the mergers deal or the restructure deal in the least possibly taxed way.