New head of tax intelligence
Daniel Gutmann, a tax partner at CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre, has recently been appointed the firm’s head of tax intelligence. He replaces Jean-Yves Mercier, who is retiring on 30 September.
Daniel joined the firm as Of Counsel in 2007. He was made a partner in 2011. He holds a PhD in private law and is a professor at the Sorbonne Law School where he lectures in domestic, international, European and comparative tax law. He is trilingual and also teaches courses in English and Italian at the request of foreign universities.
Daniel has previously been adviser to the Legal Department of the IMF and a member of the panel of experts at the European Commission regarding the relationship between tax treaties and EU tax law.
