Dr Axel Mühl
Areas of practice
Dr Axel Mühl specialises in providing corporate and corporate-related tax law advice. He advises domestic and foreign companies as well as groups of companies who operate internationally in all matters relating to commercial and corporate law, paying special attention to tax matters. His work includes, in particular, advising companies and groups on national and international restructurings and also providing advice on the sale and purchase of companies (M&A). Another focus of his work lies on litigation, in particular in the field of corporate law disputes and arbitration tribunals. In addition, he supports and advises high-end medium-sized businesses and business owners on succession planning.
Vita
Dr Axel Mühl studied law at the University of Bayreuth, where he was awarded his doctoral degree in European law. At the same time, he also completed an additional business qualification (finance and tax). He has been admitted to the German Bar since 2000. Dr Axel Mühl is a visiting lecturer at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (HDBW) (partnerships, group law, and transformation law/transformation tax law). He is the head of the national Practice Group Family Businesses - Entrepreneurial Families at Luther an he is head of Stuttgart office since January 2023.
Honors and distinctions
- JUVE Guide 2024/2025: Listed under "Frequently Recommended" in "M&A" (first listed in 2023/2024, "fast and assertive", competitor)
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Mention in "City Focus - Stuttgart"
- Best Lawyers 2025: Recommended in "Corporate Law" (first recommended in 2021) and "Mergers and Acquisitions Law"
- WirtschaftsWoche 2025: Recommendation "Top Lawyer" in "Corporate Law" (first recommended in 2022)
- WirtschaftsWoche 2024: Recommendation "Top Lawyer" in "M&A"
Publications
- Unternehmerische Verantwortung annehmen, in: DIE NEWS - Das Magazin für Familienunternehmen, Heft 09/2017
- Haben Sie einen Notfallplan?, in: Südwestticker, Heft 07/17
- Innovation im deutschen Mittelstand – die Rolle der Familie, in: WHU Studie vom 03. Januar 2017 (gemeinsam mit Prof. Dr. Nadine Kammerlander)
- Erleichterte Unternehmensnachfolge bei KG und GmbH & Co. KG, in: Unternehmeredition Steuern und Recht 2013
- Zeit ist Geld – Zur fiskalischen Bedeutung einer logischen Sekunde, in: Deutscher Anwaltspiegel, Heft 6/2013
- Umsatzsteuerfalle beim Unternehmenskauf, in: Unternehmeredition Steuern und Recht 2012
- in: JUVE Handbuch der Wirtschaftskanzleien, Heft 2011/12
- Herausgeber des Handbuchs "Die GmbH – Rechtsform für den Mittelstand", Richard Boorberg Verlag, 2012 (gemeinsam mit Peter O. Mailänder)
- Geben und Nehmen – Disquotale Einlagen im Auge des Fiskus, in: Deutscher Anwaltspiegel, Heft 24/2011
- Abfindungsklauseln im Gesellschaftsvertrag, in: Business & Law 2011
- Grenzüberschreitende Sitzverlegung in Europa und nationales Steuerrecht, in: Der Syndikus 2004
- Herausgeber der Dissertation "Diskriminierung und Beschränkung – Grundansätze einer einheitlichen Dogmatik der wirtschaftlichen Grundfreiheiten des EG-Vertrages", in: Duncker & Humblot, 2004
- Die Gesellschafter-Fremdfinanzierung im Lichte der Niederlassungsfreiheit, in: Der Syndikus, 2003
Lectures
- 14.07.2017: (Auf) alle Fälle regeln: Gesellschaftsvertrag und Unternehmensnachfolge, 5. Stuttgarter Nachfolgetag
- 13.07.2017: Risikovorsorge - Der Notfallplan im Unternehmen, 12. Familienunternehmerkonferenz
- 13.06.2017: Rechte und Pflichten des GmbH Geschäftsführers - Aufgaben, Pflichten und Krisengrundsätze, IHK Region Stuttgart
- 24.10.2016: Rechte und Pflichten des GmbH-Geschäftsführers. Aufgaben, Pflichten und Krisengrundsätze, IHK Stuttgart
- 14.07.2016: 11. Familienunternehmer-Konferenz: "Die externe Lösung als 'legitime' Form der Untenehmensnachfolge", 11. Familienunternehmer-Konferenz
- 03.05.2016: Rechte und Pflichten des GmbH-Geschäftsführers. Aufgaben, Pflichten und Krisengrundsätze, IHK Stuttgart
- 16.11.2015: Rechte und Pflichten des GmbH-Geschäftsführers, IHK Stuttgart
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Hanover
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Hanover
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Hamburg
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Frankfurt a.M.
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Berlin
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Singapore
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Leipzig
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Leipzig
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Hanover
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Berlin
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Hamburg
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Essen
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Senior Associate
Cologne
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Senior Associate
Stuttgart
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Hamburg, Hanover
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Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
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Kuala Lumpur
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Hamburg
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Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Caroline Risse
Senior Associate
Berlin
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Benedikt Stücker
Senior Associate
Hanover
Felix Hielscher
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Lutz Keller
Senior Associate
Cologne
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
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Hanover, Hamburg
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Roberto Pirschel
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Leipzig
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
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Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
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Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
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Counsel
Stuttgart
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Counsel
Cologne
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Counsel
Luxembourg
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Counsel
Cologne
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Counsel
Hanover
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Counsel
Hanover
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Counsel
Essen
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Counsel
Cologne
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Counsel
Cologne
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
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Counsel
Hamburg
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Frank Seidel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
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Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Rebecca Romig
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
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Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
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Leipzig
Ulrich Siegemund
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Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
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Frankfurt a.M.
Rolf Corsten
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Dusseldorf
Cornelia Yzer
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Berlin
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Of Counsel
Singapore
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Dusseldorf
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Hamburg
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Partner
Leipzig
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Partner
Essen
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Dusseldorf
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Munich, Cologne
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Hamburg
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
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Cologne
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
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Dusseldorf
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Hanover
Achim Braner
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Frankfurt a.M.
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Cologne
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Cologne
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Dusseldorf
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Singapore
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Hamburg
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Cologne
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Hanover
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Singapore
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Leipzig
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Berlin
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Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
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Hamburg
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Cologne
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Essen
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Hamburg
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Essen
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Hamburg
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Cologne
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Cologne
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Frankfurt a.M.
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Stuttgart
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Hamburg
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Hanover
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Hanover
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Frankfurt a.M.
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Frankfurt a.M.
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Frankfurt a.M.
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Leipzig
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Hanover
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Berlin
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Stuttgart, London
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Stuttgart
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Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
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Cologne, Dusseldorf
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Essen
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Essen
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Stuttgart
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Dusseldorf
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Bangkok
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Leipzig
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Berlin, Cologne
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Jakarta
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Kuala Lumpur
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Berlin
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Berlin
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Berlin
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Berlin
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Frankfurt a.M.
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Yangon, Singapore
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Hanover
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Cologne
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Hamburg
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Frankfurt a.M.
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Munich
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Hamburg
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Cologne
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