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Antoine Faure

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Antoine Faure is very attentive and knows how to adapt to the most complicated situations.
Legal 500 EMEA 2024 - Tax
About

Antoine Faure has recognised tax expertise combined with expertise in economic analysis, he is involved in structuring and documenting transfer pricing policies, assisting with tax audits or litigation, negotiating Advance Pricing Agreements and managing out-of-court settlements.

Antoine also has specific expertise in determining and justifying interest rates for intra-group financing, as well as in the field of business and intangible asset valuations (in particular trademarks, technologies and goodwill).

Antoine assists clients in the luxury goods, cosmetics, consumer goods and heavy industry sectors in particular, as well as major financial players.

Languages
  • French
  • English
Education
  • University of Lyon III, DESS (post-graduate diploma) in Business Law and Taxation/DJCE
  • University of Lyon III, Master's degree in Law and Corporate Finance

Awards

Individual recognitions

  • Chambers France – Spotlight : Tax: International Tax - 2025
  • "Specialising in transfer pricing, he provides strategic advice on documentation, policy design, and litigious mandates." - Chambers & Partners 2025
  • "He is very competent and conscientious." - Chambers & Partners 2025
  • "Antoine has excellent technical competence and very good responsiveness." - Chambers & Partners 2025

Team recognitions

  • Chambers France – Tax – Band 4, 2025
  • Legal 500 – Tax – Tier 3, 2024
  • International Tax Ranking - General corporate tax – Tier 3 – 2024
  • International Tax Ranking - Transactional tax – Tier 2 – 2024
  • International Tax Ranking - Transfer pricing – Tier 3 – 2024
  • "DLA Piper has strong expertise in the tax structuring of investment funds, as well as fundraising matters. The team is well equipped to assist clients with the tax aspects of M&A and private equity transactions, in addition to tax audits and advice on transfer pricing policies. The law firm is a popular choice among international banks, private equity and asset management firms and companies active in the real estate and energy sectors." - Chambers & Partners 2025
  • "The team can mobilise resources to respond quickly." - Chambers & Partners 2025
  • "It is great to have DLA Piper on our side because of its presence in several countries, which allows us to get answers to international tax issues." - Chambers & Partners 2025
  • "The strengths of the team are its responsiveness, competence and rigour." - Chambers & Partners 2025
  • "DLA Piper exhibit quick understanding of the issues and mastery of the tax environment." - Chambers & Partners 2025
  • "DLA Piper does an extremely comprehensive job in tax analysis across multiple countries and coordinates implementation across various areas." - Chambers & Partners 2025
  • "The team is used to structuring investment funds and can therefore explain our challenges to its counterparties abroad for our operations outside France." - The Legal 500 EMEA

Publications

  • Global Tax Alert: DLA Piper provided comments on the Public Consultation on the BEFIT proposal, 01 February 2023
  • Article: "Justification of intra-group interest rates: a definite advance but some persistent difficulties", Option Finance, September 2021
  • Article: “Deduction of intra-group interest: the use of reference bonds finally admitted”, Expert Opinion, August 2019
  • Article: “Justification of the arm's length nature of interest rates: uncertainty remains despite OECD guidance”, Option Finance, November 2018
  • Article: “Documentary obligation in transfer pricing: an increased formalism to facilitate controls by the administration”, Option Finance, September 2018

Seminars

  • Webinar: COVID-19: “Session one: Transfer Pricing Controversy in Europe: Insights and Solutions from the Front Lines” – April 2021

Prior Experience

Antoine Faure was previously Counsel in a renowned French law firm. Antoine also worked for five years in the transfer pricing team of Deloitte, after starting his career at the headquarters of the French pharmaceutical group BioMérieux.

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Holder of the CAPA
  • Member of IFA and AmCham

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