Aon has strengthened its tax insurance team, part of its M&A and transaction solutions group, with the addition of directors Christophe Bonneville, Cristina Chaparro and Joyce Koch.
Bonneville, based in Paris, joins Aon from PWC France, where he was director in financial services tax. He has extensive experience in advising private equity firms, corporations and financial institutions on M&A, funds structuring and inbound and outbound international tax. Earlier in his career, Bonneville was a tax director for GE Capital in Western Europe and was a practicing tax lawyer.
Chaparro, based in Madrid, was most recently with PWC Spain, where she was a senior manager in the M&A tax group. Chaparro brings strong experience working across tax advisory, restructurings, transfer pricing, M&A and carve outs.
Koch, based in Amsterdam, joins from Deloitte, where she worked as an international corporate tax professional in tax advisory, restructurings, re-financings, M&A, carve outs and IPOs.
“We are delighted to welcome Christophe, Cristina, and Joyce to our European tax team as we demonstrate our ongoing commitment to bring the best solutions and talent to our clients,” said Alistair Lester, CEO of Aon’s M&A and transaction solutions, and leader of the firm’s transaction solutions practice for EMEA
“Working with David McCann, head of Aon’s EMEA Tax Risk practice, the addition of these highly experienced colleagues continues to position Aon as a market leader for tax insurance with local dedicated tax insurance specialists.”
Aon’s M&A and transaction solutions business offers various transaction insurance instruments, including representations and warranties, warranties and indemnity insurance, tax insurance, litigation insurance and related claims facilitation services, as well as specialist due diligence services to the private equity and M&A industry.
“We warmly welcome our new European colleagues to the team,” said Gary Blitz, co-CEO of Aon’s M&A and transaction solutions and leader of the transaction solutions practice for North America and global head of tax insurance. “As our clients are increasingly conducting business across borders, we continue to expand our global tax practice to help ensure our highly bespoke tax insurance and tax-risk mitigation solutions apply to their specific jurisdictions.”
