Our expertises
Tax law
Tax ligitation
UGGC Africa assists clients in handling tax reassessment procedures and related administrative, legal and customs disputes
The tax law team provides end-to-end support from negociation with tax authorities (proposal, notice) to full litigation procedures.
UGGC Africa also manages customs issues law (tariff classification, transit operations, customs value) from administrative hearings through to litigation
Individual taxation
UGGC Africa was one of the first French business law firms to create a department dedicated to private clients. The tax team delivers tailored advice on all legal and tax issues related to their professional or personal assets.
For international tax matters, the firm relies on a network of specialized correspondents who can provide a very broad international tax assessment and therefore enjoys a very good understanding of taxation in Belgium, Luxembourg, Morocco and Asia thanks to its various offices.
UGGC Africa is recognized as a leading expert in transactions involving the transfer of companies within a family (family buy out notably) especially providing advices to shareholders and executives, upstream of a transaction, to set-up the legal tools that will ensure in due course an organized transfer of governance.
Corporate group taxation
UGGC Africa provides assistance to corporate groups to managing their tax issues, such as: set up a fiscal consolidation, optimization of the tax result, establishment location scheme, management of the operations within the Community and exports toward the VAT system, assistance for implementation and monitoring intra-group service delivery.
International taxation
UGGC Africa has strong experience in structuring international investments across Europe, the MENA area (Middle East and North Africa), Asia (China, Taiwan, Korea, South East Asia) and in the Indian Subcontinent.
The tax team collaborates with local desks end trusted experts chosen for their reliability and responsiveness.
UGGC Africa provides analysis of tax treaties, investment structures for fast repatriation of profit, transfer pricing implementation and expatriate taxation guidance
Working with Casablanca and Shanghai desks, the tax law team has developed strong expertise in Moroccan, Chinese and Hong Kong tax systems, both for investment structuring and daily operations in Morocco
