Céline Da Mota graduated from the University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne in 1998 with a DEA postgraduate diploma in tax law. She began practicing in a small firm in 1998 before joining Landwell in 2001 and then August & Debouzy in 2002 (as a senior attorney) where she specializes in the taxation of companies and private individuals.
She advises French and foreign companies daily on various tax issues (definition and integrated implementation of income groups, calculating debt ratios, assisting with transfer pricing models, coordinating with law firms in other jurisdictions on cross-border tax issues, etc.) and their relations with the tax authorities (assisting with approval requests and tax audits/disputes).
Céline Da Mota also advises on LBOs, management software transactions and restructuring.
She advises private individuals on personal income tax issues (inheritance and donations tax, capital gains tax on the sale of companies) and the taxation of private assets.

Practices
Tax
-National and international tax management
-Tax structuring
-Income tax and international allocations
-Structured financing
-Mergers & acquisitions
-Private investments
-Tax litigation
-Private asset management

 

Industries
Manufacturing
Retail
Investment funds
Services

 

Education
University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne, DEA postgraduate diploma in tax law, 1998
Certificat d’Aptitude à la Profession d’Avocat (CAPA) Bar Examination, 2000

 

Languages
English

 

Bar admission
Paris, 2001

 

Conferences
Céline Da Mota regularly takes parts in conferences with the AFIC (Association Française des Investisseurs en Capital), on issues such as the tax aspects of LBO and management software transactions.