Nicolas Privat
Partner
Nicolas Privat has been working as a tax attorney for companies and individuals since 2010. He advises national and International small and mid-cap companies, as well as shareholders and managers of these companies. He provides them with a day-to-day assistance on every tax issue they may have to face and more generally on their tax strategy. He usually assists his clients during tax investigations (tax audits), litigations, and advises them on their specific operations (restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, partial contribution of assets, external growth, etc…). Nicolas actively provides his support to the transaction legal teams on their M&A and Private equity deals (buy-side and sell-side tax dues diligences, tax structuring, and post acquisitions tax assistance). After launching his career in the international tax department of EY in Paris and New York, Nicolas joined HPML where he was appointed a partner in May 2019.
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Admission to office
Paris (2012)Education
Master’s Degree in Tax and Business Law (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in partnership with HEC, 2008)Skills
- Tax strategy
- Tax structuring
- Tax aspects of transactions (mergers and acquisitions, private equity )
- Tax audits
- Private clients and wealth management tax issues
- Taxation in the film and audiovisual industry
- Tax controversy and dispute resolution
Our main operations
Mermoz advised the corporate group Penelope in the takeover of FMG Sales and Marketing company and all its subsidiaries, which are specialised in the outsourcing of sales and marketing resources (sales force, sales promotion, merchandising).
Thomas Hermetet, Nada Sbaï, Nicolas Privat, Marina Llobell, Ilias Dhaou, Laetitia Ayoub
Mermoz advised Desmarez for the acquisition of Syrade.
Nicolas Privat, Aurélie Bonsch, Ilias Dhaou
Mermoz advised Ciclad in the context of the LBO on Apsim Groupe.
Thomas Hermetet, Nicolas Privat, Aurélie Bonsch, Claire Bourgeois, Yoan Sempere