Tax
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP's client portfolio includes numerous corporations, often from the tech, financial services and pharmaceutical industries, and displays a geographical focus on the US. The practice advises on complex transaction structures and restructurings as well as tax disputes and is led by Johannes Frey; reflecting the practice's mainstays, he is primarily dedicated to transactions, tax disputes, including tax audits, administrative complaints, multilateral audits and litigation. He can also rely on European Counsel Frank-M. Black, among others.
Testimonials
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'Skadden is the deal firm par excellence. Characterized by pragmatism, Skadden always supports the customer professionally from the structuring to the implementation of the deal.'
'Skadden impresses with all its might when it comes to cross-border deals. The firm is both technically savvy and fast, which always makes the client feel like they are in good hands.'
'In the Frankfurt Skadden team, Johannes Frey and Frank-M Schwarz are particularly important. Both don't beat about the bush and impress with their technical brilliance and Anglo-Saxon pragmatism.'
Key clients
- Alstria Office REIT
- Amazon
- Liberty Global
- Apple
- IBM
- Netflix
- NIKE
- Viking Cruises
- SIGNA Sports United
- Trimble
- Gulf Energy Development
- JAB Holding Company
- Energy Infrastructure Partners
- Biogen
- Amgen
- FINN
- SCP Group
- SDC Capital
Work highlights
- Advising several multinational companies on issues relating to German withholding tax on royalties paid for rights registered as intellectual property in Germany.
- Advising Trimble on the acquisition of the Transporeon Group from private equity investor Hg in an all-cash transaction with a transaction value of €1.88 billion.
- Advising Gulf Energy Development on the sale of 50.01% of its shares in the Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm, valued at approximately €3 billion, to a joint venture between Singapore's Keppel Infrastructure Trust and Keppel Corporation Limited.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Johannes Frey