Sabina Comis Email & Phone Number

Partner advising French and international companies, family offices, and private equity funds on domestic and international tax structuring that arise from complex corporate transactions, restructurings and refinancings, often involving multiple sponsors. She also has a wealth of experience in creating and structuring private investment funds, including joint ventures and private equity vehicles.She is one of the few practitioners in France equipped to offer both tax advice and handle the legal and regulatory sides of fund formation. Her ability to address private equity and funds matters as an industry expert as well as a tax practitioner enables her to translate advice into tangible figures and models.Ms. Comis is a recognized leader in the French tax and funds communities. She has been recommended over many years as a “Leading Individual” in Chambers. She is also recommended in The Legal 500 Paris and The Legal 500 EMEA 2021 editions in both the Tax and Fund Formation categories, where clients admire her for being “one of the few lawyers in Paris, who is able to handle heavy tax structuring and fund formation matters at the same time” and ”a private equity industry leader”. In addition, she has been highlighted as a leading tax adviser by International Tax Review, and is recognized for France: Financial Services Regulatory, Investment Funds by IFLR1000 2021. Ms. Comis is also recognized among the leading lawyers in France by Best Lawyers 2021 in Private Equity Law and Tax Law.Ms. Comis is Co-Global Managing Partner of the Firm, member of the Firm Policy Committee and co-managing partner of the Paris Office. Prior to joining Dechert, Ms. Comis was resident in an international law firm’s Paris office where she served as a tax partner and the international co-leader of the private investment funds group. Her previous experience also includes serving for over ten years in the tax department of two UK Magic Circle firms.In addition to her native Italian, Ms. Comis is fully fluent in English and French.

Listed skills include Private Equity, Tax Law, Cross Border Transactions, Tax, and 7 others.