Tax Law

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.

Our Range of Advisory Services

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

Key Contact >>

Key Contact

Elisabeth Lepique

Managing Partner

T +49 221 9937 25784

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Team Tax Law

Serpil Arduc, LL.M.
Associate
Hanover

Pascal Brinkmann, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Malaysia, Singapore

Steffen Blumert
Associate
Leipzig

Atacan Cömert, LL.M.
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.

Elena Duderstadt
Associate
Hanover

Peter Fabry
Partner
Munich

Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.

Dr. Ulf Gibhardt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.

Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.

Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich

Constance Holman
Associate
Malaysia

Loïse Jacquette, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore

Prof. Dr. Eberhard Kalbfleisch
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.

Thomas Krempl
Partner
Munich

Anna Kirchgäßner
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.

Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne

Philip Lazare
Partner
China

Dr. Florian Leber, LL.M. (NYU / NUS)
Senior Associate
Singapore

Jessica Lüddecke
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.

Dr. Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart

David Martiny
Counsel
Singapore

Rumyana Prodanova
Associate
India

Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover

Nicole Rauer, LL.M.
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.

Ulrich Siegemund
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.

Dr. Frank Seidel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.

Dr. Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig

Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.

ZHU Qin/朱琴 J.M.（Tongji University)
Senior Associate
China

Events

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Tax Law

Our Range of Advisory Services

Key Contact

Team Tax Law

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