About

Provided by William Fry LLP

William Fry Tax Advisors brings together tax lawyers, accountants and consultants in one highly innovative team. We work with domestic and international corporations, entrepreneurs, family businesses, trusts and high net worth individuals.

We provide the following tax services:

  • Using Ireland as part of a group business strategy
  • Tax due diligence reports
  • Mergers and acquisitions - tax structuring and negotiation
  • Corporate reorganisations
  • Revenue Audit health checks and advice on audits and settlements
  • Transfer pricing reviews and mutual assistance procedures
  • Structured finance including securitisations & financial engineering
  • Indirect Taxation planning and compliance
  • Private client including asset protection & personal tax planning
  • Tax litigation including negotiation, arbitration & settlements
  • Employee benefits and remuneration
  • IP structuring
  • Annual Corporate and Personal Tax Compliance

We work with colleagues in other practice areas and industry sectors, forming multi-disciplinary teams to design and implement creative tax solutions, with particular experience in financial services, retail, technology, communications, construction, leisure & entertainment, personal and trust services.

William Fry Tax Advisors, is, exclusively, Taxand Ireland. With more than 400 tax partners and over 2,000 advisors in over 40 countries, Taxand is the world’s largest organisation of tax advisors to multinational businesses.

Chambers Review

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Tax - Ireland
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Band 1
What the team is known for

William Fry boasts a full-service tax team offering comprehensive, high-end advice on a variety of traditional and specialist tax issues. The law firm handles the tax elements of large-scale M&A, financing and restructuring transactions. William Fry is also knowledgeable in transfer pricing and double taxation issues. The law firm is active in complex tax litigation, including advocating on behalf of clients in tax appeal cases. William Fry is aided on cross-border matters by its international tax network membership. The law firm frequently represents major names from the retail, technology, manufacturing and real estate sectors, as well as advising private equity companies.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Sonya Manzor
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Sonya Manzor
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Band 1

Sonya Manzor has notable experience in tax structuring for cross-border M&A and restructurings. She is also well placed to handle state aid tax issues.

"Sonya is a very technically strong lawyer."

"Sonya is thorough and knowledgeable. If she does not know the answer to something, she does a great job leveraging her network."

"Sonya is always a pleasure to deal with. Nothing is ever a problem for her."

"Sonya is extremely knowledgeable, responsive and enjoyable to work with."

"Sonya is clear and thorough in her advice, which gives us a high level of comfort. She listens attentively and asks the right questions to ensure that no stone is left unturned and the highest levels of tax efficiencies are achieved."

Ted McGrath
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Ted McGrath
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Band 2

Ted McGrath often acts on the tax aspects of corporate and real estate transactions. He also assists with the tax structuring of capital markets mandates.

"Ted McGrath is commercially inquisitive and very capable at problem solving."

"We can rely on Ted to produce top-quality work. He is very personable and can explain complex tax matters in a simplified way. He keeps us updated of any important developments on the horizon and explains technical points very clearly."

"Ted McGrath is a very capable practitioner who manages his team well. He is diligent, delivers on timelines and provides good, commercial advice."

Ranked Lawyers at
William Fry LLP

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Tax: Consultants

Ted McGrath
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Ted McGrath
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Band 2
Tax: Lawyers

Sonya Manzor
1
Sonya Manzor
1
Band 1

Members

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Brian Duffy

Declan Lavelle

Rachel Fox

Sonya Manzor

Sonya Manzor

Head of Department

Clients

Provided by William Fry LLP

Debenhams

Hasbro

Innocoll

Linde AG

Pamplona Capital Management

Phillips 66

Quandrant Real Estate Advisors LLC

Sports Direct

State Street Corporation

Tesco

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