Taxation

PunoLaw’s tax team, with their broad experience in and exposure to all aspects of taxation, coupled with in-depth transactional experience in their concurrent practice in the fields of mergers and acquisition, financing, energy law, real estate, infrastructure projects, banking, corporate,  commercial, and family law, offers multidisciplinary services to provide competent, creative and business-oriented tax support that is an integral part of almost every commercial venture. With the clients’ objectives at the forefront, our tax team takes a practical approach in identifying, analyzing and implementing the most effective tax strategies and structures available to address all forms of tax-related concerns.

PunoLaw has extensive experience in dealing with the wide range of government agencies that play a role in the nation’s tax field, as well as the various local government units. Combining substantive tax expertise with litigation experience, PunoLaw likewise represents clients in tax litigation cases from the administrative level before national and local offices, to specialized bodies and courts.

Our integrated tax practice includes the following service areas:

Transactional Tax

Our tax team is integrated with every deal team to structure and support the clients’ business objectives in a tax-efficient manner. Backed by extensive experience in a wide array of domestic and cross-border transactions, PunoLaw thoroughly addresses tax matters associated with each transaction with a comprehensive approach to arrive at the clients’ goals through tax-efficient yet practical means.

PunoLaw’s transactional tax practice includes advice on new investments, corporate reorganizations, corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, tax-free exchanges, capital raising, joint ventures and strategic financing structures and due diligence review of potential risks and exposures.

International Tax

PunoLaw advises on tax risks and tax issues relating to multinational presence and multi-jurisdictional transactions. The team also assists in tax treaty-related matters such as securing of tax treaty relief confirmations and rulings from the tax authorities.

Tax Advocacy

PunoLaw represents the clients from the very beginning of a tax controversy at the administrative level, working closely with the clients’ teams to formulate effective strategies to negotiate the scope of tax audits. PunoLaw has likewise successfully represented clients at every stage of a potential tax controversy at the judicial level, from specialized bodies to the regular courts.

Transfer Pricing Services

PunoLaw provides support in the clients’ compliance with the rules on transfer pricing, conducts an analysis of the clients’ existing inter-company pricing policies in relation to acceptable transfer pricing methods in related industries, and helps in the preparation of the required transfer pricing documentation.

General Advisory Services

In addition to the specialized service areas, we offer technically sound, practical and expert advice on a wide array of tax issues associated to every aspect of the clients’ operations, with the end in mind to maximize the efficiency of clients’ tax position.