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Luis Muñoz LL.M.

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Luis Muñoz is a very strong and hardworking lawyer, with great expertise and technical skills.
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Luis Muñoz is a tax lawyer, with over 10 years' experience advising on international and corporate tax law, particularly on the tax aspects of cross-border private equity, real estate and debt investments and the tax structuring of regulated and unregulated investment platforms.

Luis Muñoz also advises on the tax elements of corporate restructurings and M&A transactions.

Areas of FocusTax

EXPERIENCE

  • Advised an Italian eyewear conglomerate on the reorganisation of their European holding company structure to reposition it ahead of major European tax reforms (ATAD).
  • Advised on the tax aspects of the sale by a major Dutch bank of Luxembourg wealth management and insurance business.
  • Advised a US asset manager on the tax aspects of the acquisition of the construction chemicals business of a German multinational chemical company.
  • Advised a sovereign fund on the tax aspects of the acquisition of a landmark building in Frankfurt.
  • Advised a leading French insurance group on the tax aspects of the acquisition of a luxury office complex in Luxembourg.
  • Advised a US asset manager on the tax aspects of the acquisition of a portion of the real estate business of a Spanish bank valuated at approximately EUR5 billion.
  • Advised a UK-based investment bank on the tax aspects of their Luxembourg-based debt issuance platform.
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English
  • German
  • French
Education
  • Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II), LLM in International Business Law, 2012
  • Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, LLM in Europäisches Recht, 2011
  • Universidad de Salamanca, Licenciatura en derecho, 2010

Publications

  • Anti-hybrid rules - A sneak-peek into present and future implications, RGFL, Larcier, 2019
  • Corporate exit taxation in Luxembourg part 2, RGFL, Larcier, 2018
  • Corporate exit taxation in Luxembourg part 1, RGFL, Larcier, 2017

Prior Experience

  • 2021 to date: Partner, DLA Piper Luxembourg
  • 2017-21: International Law Firm, Luxembourg
  • 2015-17: Independent Law Firm, Luxembourg
  • 2012-15: Big 4 Accounting Firm, Luxembourg

Professional Qualifications

  • Avocat à la Cour registered with the Barreau de Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
  • Abogado registered with the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Salamanca (Spain)

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Member of the Tax Committee of the Luxembourg Bar
  • Member of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce
  • Member of the Tax Committee of the Luxembourg Capital Market Association (LuxCMA)
  • Luxembourg Bar, joined 2015
  • Salamanca Bar, joined 2011
  • Member of several working groups of the Luxembourg fund industry association, ALFI
  • Member of the taxation forum of the Luxembourg banking association, ABBL
  • Member of the editorial board of the Revue générale de Fiscalité luxembourgeoise (RGFL)

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