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Hubert
Cichoń

Partner

Hubert is a legal adviser and one of the most experienced experts in mergers and acquisition and international taxation in Poland. Specializes in income taxes optimization projects with its cross border tax implications both for individuals and corporations.

Hubert has accomplished legal advisers training and since 2005 is a legal adviser and member of Świętokrzyska Okręgowa Izba Radców Prawnych (Świętokrzyska bar).

Professional experience

Hubert has over 18-years experience in legal and tax advisory. He has started his career in tax department of Arthur Andersen in 1998. He joined the tax department of Deloitte in December 2000. After legal advisers exam, till September 2013 has been working for Deloitte.

Specializes in ongoing tax advisory, tax planning and tax reviews. He is an expert in corporate income tax.

Has wide experience in planning and implementing of optimal tax schemes for business in sectors including but not limited to pharmaceutical, production, real estate and FMCG. His clients` portfolio includes Polish individuals and corporations and also multinational corporations operating worldwide.

Transactional advisory experience

Hubert was responsible for projects like tax due dilligence both for private equity funds and international corporations from pharmaceutical, FMCG and energy sectors. He was advising in restructuring transactions involving separation and sale of business branch/department of multinational corporations on both local and international markets.

He has experience also in business model restructuring advisory for international corporations. He was engaged in running of restructuring projects for Polish entities covering all stages of transactions including development of future structure, advising on each step of transaction, obtaining of tax law official interpretations/rulings supporting given stages of restructuring project as well as preparation of documents related with implementation of agreed solutions.

Restructuring and tax optimization projects

Hubert is author of many restructuring and optimisation concepts like optimization of effective tax rate or optimization of capital transactions, at the same time being responsible for their implementation in both Polish and international entities.

Publications and lectures

Hubert is co-author of „Podatki 2013” („Taxes 2013”) publication by Wolters Kluwers Polska SA, Warszawa 2013 dedicated to current tax regulations and practice of tax authorities and administrative courts related to taxation issues.

He is also author of many tax related publications in both daily press (Rzeczpospolita, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna), and in professional tax periodicals (Przegląd Podatkowy), he was speaker on various seminars organized among others by Polish Cosmetic Industry Union (Polski Związek Przemysłu Kosmetycznego), Commercial News (Wiadomości Handlowe) and many others.

Hubert was running many workshops, trainings and lectures in the area of income taxes, specifically related to issues characteristic for pharmaceutical and FMCG sectors. He cooperates with Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) as lecturer.