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In the complex world of tax, our role is simple: to serve as an extension of your business. At Dentons, our value comes from seeing your business as you do and collaborating with you every step of the way. Together, we will develop and implement a plan based on your needs and aspirations—one that proactively identifies creative, integrated commercial tax-saving solutions.

When you engage Dentons for tax services, you’re getting an interdisciplinary team that understands how tax law meshes with other areas of the law—corporate, real estate and litigation, to name a few. You are drawing from a focused team with years of experience in your industry. It’s a cross-border, multi-jurisdictional group that seamlessly mixes local knowledge with the right resources in order for your business to stay nimble and robust.

Whether excise or extra-jurisdictional, taxes will always impact your business. As regulations and issues shift and evolve, Dentons will work with you to ensure you stay ahead—with your goals as our guide.

Dentons’ comprehensive tax services include experience in worldwide jurisdictions, as well as in matters relating to individuals and private companies, multinational companies, listed companies, blue-chips, partnerships and other transparent entities, tax-advantaged investing and more.

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Experience

Bridgewater Systems Corporation: Advising on its CA$211 million acquisition by Amdocs Limited by way of plan of arrangement.
Capital Power Income L.P.: Advising on its CA$1.1 billion acquisition by Atlantic Power Corporation.
Global healthcare leader: Advising in respect to structuring a promotion arrangement with one of the largest Russian distributors of its products, development of respective contracts between the parties; various antitrust aspects of promotion and distribution of its products in Russia, including development of its commercial policy; clinical trial agreements; product registration; combined marketing and promotion of complimentary products produced by the client and a third party; exclusion of a product from the Register of Vital and Essential Drugs; use of personal data by medical representatives; due diligence criteria for a selection of distributors; and inaccurate and misleading marketing and promotional materials of a competing product.
Grant Forest Products Inc.: Acting as counsel on the CCAA and US Bankruptcy Court approved acquisition of its oriented strand board facilities in Ontario and South Carolina, US by Georgia-Pacific LLC for US$400 million.
Polish, Luxembourg and Dutch tax: Advising on the Polish, Luxembourgian and Dutch tax aspects of setting up investment funds to operate on the Polish real estate market. International tax structuring allowing for tax-efficient conversion of tax into the target structure and obtaining relevant tax rulings in Poland and the Netherlands. The advice on the transaction addressed tax, legal and business goals of the client, taking into consideration the old structure and potential future changes to applicable laws.
Sasol Petroleum International: Advising on the CA$1.05 billion acquisition of a 50 percent working interest in Talisman Energy Inc.’s (Talisman) Farrell Creek shale gas assets in the Montney Basin area of northeastern British Columbia, a subsequent transaction with Talisman for similar consideration of CA$1.05 billion, which expanded Sasol’s gas reserves in the area, with a view to the further development of a gas-to-liquids plant to be located in Canada and to serve the North American liquid fuels markets.
Spanish engineering consortium operating: Advising on a joint venture project related to the development of a nuclear power reactor located in France. Our tax teams in Spain and France advised the client on the tax treatment of the joint venture, on the establishment of a branch in France, and on the tax implications for the seconded employees. We successfully dealt with complex CIT liability, VAT, PIT, a double tax treaty between France and Spain, and sophisticated permanent establishment issues. We helped the client to reduce tax burdens by avoiding paying double taxation in France and Spain. We also helped the client organize the arrangements between the members of the consortium.
US Gold Corporation: Advising on its acquisition of Minera Andes Inc. by plan of arrangement with a transaction value at the time of closing of approximately CA$1.4 billion for the combined company, which was renamed McEwen Mining Inc. This transaction was highlighted as a “Big Deal” in LEXPERT's April 2012 issue.
WestLB: Advising a major German bank on a spin-off transaction concerning a bank with €40 billion in assets and 400 employees and involving a €1 billion share capital increase half-contributed by a bank which we advised on tax and corporate structuring aspects. The spin-off will act as a service unit for the savings banks (Sparkassen) located in the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen. Hessische Landesbank will take over the shares in the spin-off. In order to fund the transaction, Hessische Landesbank went through an increase in share capital amounting to €1 billion. Part of the capital increase (€500 million) was contributed by Deutscher Sparkassen und Giroverband (DSGV), who we advised on the tax and corporate structuring of the transaction.

Recognition

Sarah Green Named 2025-2026 John S. Nolan Fellow by American Bar Association

May 15, 2025

Dentons is excited to announce that Sarah Green, Senior Managing Associate at Dentons Sirote in Alabama, has been selected by the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Section of Taxation as a member of the prestigious 2025-2026 class of John S. Nolan Fellows.

Hat Trick of Honors: Dentons lawyers shine nationally in 2026 Best Lawyers in Australia™

April 17, 2025

Dentons is proud to announce that its senior lawyers have been recognised across all three individual award categories in the 2026 Edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia^™. In total, 40 lawyers have been recognised in The Best Lawyers in Australia™ (2026 Edition), after being nominated by their peers as leading practitioners in their fields of practice, spanning 39 specialties.

Six Dentons partners named to Law360’s editorial advisory boards

March 21, 2025

Law360 has named six Dentons lawyers to its 2025 editorial advisory boards

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Insights

Global tax guide to doing business in...

Our Global tax guide to doing business in... provides a high-level country by country overview of the tax consequences that face businesses planning to expand international operations.

This guide highlights the complexities of corporate tax systems in more than 40 countries across Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia and Europe. From establishing the appropriate business vehicle, financing a corporate subsidiary and adhering to the requisite transfer pricing regulations to computing corporate income taxes, payroll taxes and indirect taxes for your operations, this edition of our annual insight piece will help to navigate you through an ever-changing global tax landscape.

Masterclass ‘Koopprijsmechanismen in de overnamepraktijk: waardecreatie in de SPA’ (in Dutch)

September 10, 2025

On Wednesday, September 10, 2025, the NVP, together with Dentons, is organizing the Masterclass 'Koopprijsmechanismen in de overnamepraktijk: waardecreatie in de SPA', followed by drinks for NVP members.

Tanzania's 2025/26 Budget: A new chapter in tax reform and economic self-reliance

June 20, 2025

Tanzania: As Tanzania ushers in the final fiscal year of its current development plan and prepares for the 2025 general elections, the government has unveiled a budget that is both bold in vision and grounded in pragmatism. Presented by Hon. Dr. Mwigulu Nchemba, Minister for Finance, the 2025/26 budget aims to protect economic stability and promote people’s welfare. But at the heart of this year’s financial roadmap lies a deep and strategic reform of the country's tax laws.

ATO interest will no longer be tax deductible from 1 July 2025

June 18, 2025

Australia: From 1 July 2025, interest charged by the ATO - the General Interest Charge (GIC) and Shortfall Interest Charge (SIC) – will no longer be deductible under new section 26-5(1A) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (ITAA 1997). Put simply, taxpayers who carry an ATO debt after 30 June will be charged the full headline rate (currently, the GIC is 11.17% per annum and compounding daily) with no tax deduction to soften the blow.

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News and Events

Upcoming events

Masterclass ‘Koopprijsmechanismen in de overnamepraktijk: waardecreatie in de SPA’ (in Dutch)

Amsterdam, NetherlandsSeptember 10, 2025

Dentons Tax Day

Warsaw, PolandSeptember 30, 2025

We would like to invite you to the third edition of the Dentons Tax Day conference, organised by the Dentons Tax Team. Our annual event is a platform for the exchange of knowledge and experience between our experts and business representatives in order to enhance skills and develop competencies in the field of taxation. At the same time, Dentons Tax Day is an opportunity to gain new knowledge and meet valuable contacts, as well as exchange experiences with other professionals.

Dentons Global Tax Conference

Dublin, IrelandNovember 15, 2025

Focusing on global tax issues and particularly, the most pressing challenges our clients encounter worldwide - Dentons Global Tax Conference presents an unmissable opportunity to gain practical insights and strategic guidance from leading practitioners.

Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises Aukera Energy on the acquisition of a 130 MWp solar portfolio in Lower Saxony

June 12, 2025

Global law firm Dentons has advised Aukera Energy on the acquisition of a 130 MWp solar portfolio in Lower Saxony.

Dentons advises Siparex, co-investors and managers on the sale of Mathevon Group to Montyon Capital

June 6, 2025

Dentons has advised Siparex, alongside co-investors (Arkéa Capital, BNP Paribas Développement, Bpifrance, AfricInvest Group) and the management team of Mathevon Group led by Sébastien Jerinte, on the sale of Mathevon to Montyon Capital in the context of a secondary leveraged buyout (LBO).

Dentons advises Medien Union on the split-up of Südwestdeutsche Medien Holding—one of the largest newspaper publishers in Germany

June 3, 2025

Global law firm Dentons has advised Medien Union, based in Ludwigshafen, Germany, on the split-up of Südwestdeutsche Medien Holding (SWMH).

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