The Tax Department at CMS Albiñana & Suarez de Lezo is one of the firm’s primary practices. Our tax lawyers are extremely proactive and creative in their practice and constantly seek to provide risk-reducing solutions from a tax efficiency perspective in response to the client’s requirements.

The main practice areas covered are:

• M&A and Corporate restructuring: Tax planning in relation to restructuring transactions such as mergers, spin off, non monetary contributions.
• Domestic and International Tax Planning: Advice on investments from foreign individuals and groups of companies.
• Real estate: Taxation on real estate companies and direct and indirect taxation on immoveable property acquisitions.
• Tax litigation: Claims before the Administrative and Jurisdictional Courts.
• General Taxation: Tax advice regarding Value Added Tax, Personal Income Tax, Corporate Income Tax, Transfer Pricing and Local Taxes.
• Inheritance Tax.
• Tax compliance & daily advice including accounting services and assistance in tax audits (Through MHCR, which is an associated firm).

The tax team supplies constant tax support to many other practice areas of the firm (especially Corporate, Real Estate, Finance, Employment and Intellectual Property & Media…) and publishes a Newsletter that includes a selection of the latest interesting tax issues for our clients.

Recently, our team has been recognised as "Best Tax Law Firm in Spain in 2010" by the organization Global Law Experts.