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Clancy, Fintan


Firm: Arthur Cox LLP
Position: Partner, Head of Tax Group
Address: Ten Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, D02 T380, Ireland
Phone: +353 1 920 1190
Fax: +353 1 920 1020
Email: fintan.clancy@arthurcox.com
Personal URL: https://www.arthurcox.com/people/fintan-clancy/

Special Areas:

Fintan specialises in tax. He represents companies on the tax issues arising from transactions such as acquisitions, disposals, reorganisations, migrations, securitisations, IP on-shoring and financings.

Fintan advises multinationals, investment funds, banks and insurance companies in relation to insurance, financial and structured products. He navigates a path through tax disputes and tax litigation for clients. Previously, Fintan worked in a City of London law firm and a New York headquartered law firm.

Projects:

Recent matters that Fintan has advised on include:

- Advising PRA Health Sciences on its $12bn sale to ICON plc (2021)
- Advising Jazz Pharmaceuticals on its proposed acquisition of GW Pharmaceuticals for a total consideration of $7.2 billion (2021).
- Advising Seagate on its proposal to insert a new NASDAQ listed holding company on top of the group (2021).
- Advising Ingersoll Rand on the $15 billion combination of its industrial business with Gardner Denver, the first Reverse Morris Trust involving an Irish Company (2020).
- Advising Eaton Corporation on the proposed spin-off and subsequent sale of its Lighting Business (2020).
- Advising clients in contentious matters with Revenue in relation to VAT, corporation tax, capital gains tax and other taxes including in the High Court and the new Tax Appeals Commission.
- EU risk retention compliant originator companies and CLOs for Blackstone/GSO, Chenavari, Partners Group, Napier Park, H.I.G and others.
- Advising Shire on the Irish aspects of its acquisition by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited for $62 billion (2019).
- Advising Praxair, Inc. on its $73bn merger of equals with Linde A.G. under a new Irish holding company to be known as Linde plc (2018).
- Advising a number of clients on "on-shoring" their IP to Ireland and aligning it with DEMPE functions.

Deals and Awards:

Ranked as one of the Top Tax Lawyers in EMEA, MergerLinks 2021.

Publications:

Board meetings and company residence: expiry of Irish Revenue concession, February 2022; Public Country by Country Reporting Update, January 2022; Advocate General delivers opinion on Fiat State Aid case, January 2022; Board meetings and company residence: extension of concession to 31 January 2022, January 2022; Arthur Cox LLP submission to consultation on new taxation measures to apply to outbound payments, December 2021; Ireland joins revised OECD Agreement on international tax reform, October 2021.

Qualifications:

- LLB, 1994, Trinity College, Dublin

- Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland,1997

Memberships:

- Member of the UK Chartered Institute of Taxation (1999)
- Law Society of England and Wales (non-practising) (1998)
- Irish Debt Securities Association, Member of Executive Council and Chair of Taxes Committee
- Irish Funds Industry Association, Member of Taxes Committee

 


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