Alan Connell

Practice Areas

Alan is the Managing Partner of Eversheds Sutherland Ireland and Head of our Tax Group. Prior to his appointment as Managing Partner, Alan was Head of our Commercial Department. Alan is a lawyer with extensive experience in corporate tax law and has advised on some of the largest inward investment and restructuring projects in Ireland. He primarily advises international corporations (including Fortune 100 companies) doing business in and from Ireland.

Career

Alan practices all aspects of corporate tax with particular emphasis on, and expertise in, inward investment projects, cross border tax planning, corporate restructurings, public and private mergers and acquisitions, demergers, flotations, private equity, joint ventures, as well as transfer pricing. He also advises on Irish stamp duty matters, particularly in the context of global reorganisations. Alan is standing tax counsel to numerous international corporations in respect of their Irish operations. Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Alan was a partner in the tax department of a large Irish corporate law firm and prior to that, he was a tax associate with Mayer Brown LLP in their London office.

Industry Sector Expertise

Across a range of industry sectors, Alan has in-depth experience in:

- advising international and domestic companies on the structuring of tax effective (pre and post) corporate mergers, acquisitions, divisions, reorganisations and integration projects, particularly regarding existing supply chain and product flows, contractual infrastructure, aligning substance with contractual arrangements/transfer pricing

- advising leading international corporations on establishing operations in Ireland and providing ongoing strategic tax advice (including in relation to Irish captive finance, principal IP and sales structures, as well as cash and dividend repatriation strategies) advising on the establishment of joint ventures on a multi-jurisdictional basis

- advising on the structuring of management buy-outs and venture capital transactions

- advising multinationals on Irish principal structures in international transfer pricing disputes and defending the Irish tax base, including negotiating advance pricing agreements and correlative relief adjustments

- advising on the tax aspects of property transactions in Ireland, for sellers, purchasers (of property loan portfolios), developers, financial institutions, lenders and insolvency practitioners

- advising international and domestic companies on share incentive schemes for Irish employees