Tax
Utilising its cross-location cooperation, Clifford Chance regularly acts for domestic and foreign credit institutions, companies, institutional investors, funds and asset managers. Its advice foots on financial, transaction, real estate and corporate tax expertise as well as experience in tax disputes. Practice head Felix Mühlhäuser also focuses on these topics and frequently advises on structured financing, takeovers and corporate structuring as well as equity derivatives. Other key contacts include Dominik Engl (transactions and related financing), Stefan Behrens (investments, restructuring, transactions, fund structuring) and Olaf Mertgen (M&A and tax due diligence). Marco Simonis is the main port of call for tax issues related to investment funds and other asset management structures.
Testimonials
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'In my experience, all colleagues are very approachable and connected with the financial administration on many levels. This makes things a lot easier.'
'Stefan Behrens is an excellent lawyer who deals with facts very critically and, if necessary, supports them accordingly. He comes to very realistic assessments and is not afraid to talk us out of complaints. In addition to his knowledge of bank taxation, his particular expertise lies in property transfer tax and the taxation of partnerships.'
'Olaf Mertgen is technically and user-friendly excellent and responds extremely quickly.'
'Olaf Mertgen is an outstanding practitioner.'
'Felix Mühlhäuser is one of the country's best tax advisors in the capital markets sector. Extremely professionally competent and extremely pleasant to deal with personally, very confident in his actions and forward-looking in his consulting approaches. He creates a very productive, efficient and pleasant working atmosphere with the client. It's fun to work with him.'
'Very proactive and creative team that supports us in a very solution-oriented and reliable manner on transactions.'
'In our opinion, Dominik Engl is one of the best tax partners you can get in Germany. He thinks three times outside the box for us and finds ideal solutions for our products and transactions. Worth every penny.'
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Felix Mühlhäuser