Tax
Gleiss Lutz primarily assists large corporations and private equity investors who routinely draw upon the team's expertise in corporate and transaction tax matters as well as in compliance investigations and succession issues. Achim Dannecker frequently handles corporate succession matters, while Johann Wagner and practice head Stefan Mayer are well versed in tax advice on M&A and PE transactions. Hendrik Marchal (M&A and real estate transactions; also VAT) and Ocka Stumm (M&A and tax due diligence) also advise on transactional matters. In addition, Stumm oversees criminal tax proceedings and tax audits; an area that is also covered by Alexander Werder (compliance, criminal tax law, cum-ex).
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
'Excellent industry knowledge in tax advice on private equity deals. Good accessibility of partners, proactive management of the matter.'
'Stefan Mayer is a young but very experienced partner. Proactive and unpretentious. Technically excellent.'
Work highlights
- Advising Deutsche Telekom on the bidding process for the sale of a majority stake of 51% in its radio tower business GD Towers to a bidding consortium consisting of Canadian investment company Brookfield and US infrastructure investor DigitalBridge.
- Advising specialty chemicals group LANXESS on the establishment of a joint venture for technical high-performance polymers with private equity investor Advent International.