Exhibit 8.3
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June 22, 2021
Frank’s International N.V.
Mastenmakersweg 1
1786 PB Den Helder
The Netherlands
Re: Frank’s International N.V. U.S. Federal Income Tax Opinion
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for Frank’s International N.V., a public company organized under the laws of the Netherlands (“Frank’s”), in connection with the registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-255496) initially filed by Frank’s on April 26, 2021, including the proxy statement/prospectus forming a part thereof (as amended through the date hereof, the “Registration Statement”),1 and you have requested our opinion as to certain U.S. federal income tax matters set forth in section entitled “The Merger – Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences to the Frank’s Shareholders as a Result of the Merger” (the “Tax Disclosure”).
In providing our opinion, we have examined the Merger Agreement, the Registration Statement and such other documents, records and papers as we have deemed necessary or appropriate in order to give the opinion set forth herein. In addition, we have assumed that (i) the Merger and the Transactions will be consummated in accordance with the provisions of the Merger Agreement and as described in the Registration Statement (and no covenants or conditions described therein and affecting this opinion will be waived or modified), (ii) all of the information, facts, statements, representations and covenants set forth in the Merger Agreement and the Registration Statement are true, complete and correct in all respects and will remain true, complete and correct in all respects at all times up to and including the Effective Time of the Merger, and no actions have been taken or will be taken which are inconsistent with such factual statements, descriptions or representations or which will make any such factual statements, descriptions or representations untrue, incomplete or incorrect at the Effective Time, (iii) any statements made in any of the documents referred to herein qualified by knowledge, belief or materiality or comparable qualification are true, complete and correct in all respects and will continue to be true, complete and correct in all respects at all times up to and including the Effective Time, in each case without such qualification, (iv) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic, all documents submitted to us as copies conform to the originals, all relevant documents have been or will be duly executed in the form presented to us and such documents represent the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the Merger and the Transactions and there are no other written or oral agreements regarding the Merger or the Transactions other than the Merger Agreement and the agreements referred to therein, all natural persons who have executed such documents are of legal capacity, and (v) all applicable reporting requirements have been or will be satisfied. If any of the assumptions described above are untrue for any reason, or if the Merger is consummated in a manner that is different from the manner described in the Merger Agreement or the Registration Statement, our opinion as expressed below may be adversely affected.
1 | Except as otherwise provided, capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the Registration Statement. |
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