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Tax Law

Our range of advisory services

Regardless of whether you are a company, a group of companies, an entrepreneurial family or a private person – taxes are incurred and tax issues arise wherever business activities are carried out. From tax reform to tax reform, tax laws are becoming increasingly more complex and more difficult to understand. Our tax experts have a wealth of experience and excellent interdisciplinary knowledge in all areas of taxation and can help you to optimise your business processes from a tax perspective.

We combine a thorough analysis of existing structures with foresighted and prudent planning and can advise you comprehensively on all tax aspects. We ensure that you are advised by competent and experienced professionals who always find and implement the best economic solutions to your entrepreneurial questions within the multidisciplinary environment of our law firm.

Our experts have excellent knowledge in all matters pertaining to company taxation, tax structuring and advice on M&A transactions, inbound and outbound investments, and the elaboration and implementation of strategic tax structures. In Germany, Europe and Asia, our team works closely with colleagues from other areas of practice, such as corporate law, employment law, real estate law, white-collar crime and criminal tax law, litigation and dispute resolution, or business succession. If a matter requires tax know-how in third countries where we do not have an office of our own, we rely on our worldwide network of partner law firms.

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Devising tax structures for national and international groups of companies
Relocation of business functions, transfer pricing
International tax law and conventions for the avoidance of double taxation
Advising on and implementing tax-optimised financing
Advising on tax audits
VAT compliance
Optimising supply and service relationships and group structures for VAT purposes

Venture capital, private equity and real estate transactions
Tax due diligence
Structuring the acquisition and sale of companies
Acquisition financing and repatriation of earnings
Devising post-acquisition structures for tax optimisation purposes
Investment structures, forms of cooperation and joint ventures
Management and staff remuneration and participation programmes
Restructuring near-insolvent companies

Optimising the tax situation of private clients
Planning private wealth and business successions in Germany and abroad
Structuring foundations and advising on how to qualify as a non-profit organisation
Prenuptial agreements and divorce settlement agreements
Inheritance contracts, contractual waivers of legal portions, distribution of estates, and execution of wills
Inheritance disputes before courts and arbitral tribunals
Tax advice when relocating
Preparing annual financial statements for partnerships, commercial partnerships and corporations

Investment tax law, including the use of financial products
Energy tax law

Preparing tax returns
Implementing internal monitoring systems
Representing clients in verbal communications with tax authorities
Representation in appeal proceedings and in proceedings before tax courts
Subsequent tax returns and voluntary disclosures
Defending clients in criminal tax investigations

Dr Bela Jansen

Partner | Lawyer

+49 69 27229 24790

Newsroom Tax Law

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Team Tax Law

Nicole Fröhlich

Partner

Frankfurt a.M.

Jolanda Fiss

Associate

Hanover

Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation

Counsel

Frankfurt a.M.

Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.

Senior Associate

Frankfurt a.M.

Raffaela Hauenstein

Associate

Munich

Tim Holenburg

Consultant

Hanover

Dr Bela Jansen

Partner

Frankfurt a.M.

Daniel Kalayjian, LL.B.

Associate

Frankfurt a.M.

Elisabeth Lepique

Managing Partner

Cologne

Martin Liebenow

Counsel

Bangkok

Anton Lehnen

Associate

Yangon

David Martiny

Partner

Singapore

Dr Axel Mühl

Partner

Stuttgart

Dr Katharina Marx

Counsel

Frankfurt a.M.

Marco-Marcel Niebuhr

Senior Associate

Hanover

Ly Nguyen

Tax Advisor

Ho Chi Minh City

Konrad Prokop, LL.M.

Associate

Frankfurt a.M.

Jens Röhrbein

Partner

Hanover

Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.

Partner

Hanover

Ulrich Siegemund

Of Counsel

Frankfurt a.M.

Dr Karl-Christian Stopp

Of Counsel

Leipzig

Dr Frank Seidel

Counsel

Frankfurt a.M.

Maryana Slyusarchuk

Senior Associate

Frankfurt a.M.

Susanna Seufferth

Associate

Hanover

Jan Spiering, LL.M. Taxation

Associate

Hanover

Prof. Dr Annekatrin Veit

Partner

Munich

Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)

Counsel

Frankfurt a.M.

Oliver Zaruba

Senior Associate

Frankfurt a.M.

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Our range of advisory services

Corporate tax law and structuring advice

Transactional tax advice

Succession in family businesses, foundations and family offices

Energy tax law/Investment tax law

Tax declarations and proceedings