JUVE Tax Handbook 2024: Flick Gocke Schaumburg still ahead of the pack

The legal publishing house JUVE continues to see Flick Gocke Schaumburg at the top of the German tax market in its recently published “Handbuch Steuern 2024 – Top-Berater für Unternehmen” [Tax Handbook 2024 – top advisors for enterprises]. The firm has held undisputed leading positions for many years, underpinning its outstanding status in tax law advice.

The ranking awards firms between one and five stars.

Flick Gocke Schaumburg once more heads the rankings (with five stars) in five categories:

• Non-profit institutions and NPOs
• Corporate tax (tax structuring and project advice)
• Criminal tax law
• Tax disputes
• High-net-worth individuals and foundations

The firm is also highly rated (with four stars) in:

• Transaction taxes (tax structuring advice)
• VAT
• Transfer pricing

It has received three-star rankings in:

• Financial taxes (product-focused advice to the financial industry)
• Corporate taxes (tax structuring and/or long-term client relationships)
• Transaction taxes (contractual tax arrangements)

As in previous years, the 2024 Tax Handbook names the  following Flick Gocke Schaumburg partners as leading advisors in their respective fields:

• Financial taxes: Christian Schatz
• Corporate taxes: Prof. Thomas Rödder, Prof. Jens Schönfeld, Prof. Andreas Schumacher
• Criminal tax law: Dr. Karsten Randt, Dr. Jörg Schauf
• Tax disputes: Prof. Xaver Ditz, Prof. Michael Hendricks
• Transaction taxes: Prof. Andreas Schumacher
• VAT: Dr. Andreas Erdbrügger
• High-net-worth individuals and non-profit foundations: Prof. Frank Hannes, Dr. Christian von Oertzen, Prof. Stephan Schauhoff, Prof. Andreas Söffing
• Transfer pricing Prof. Xaver Ditz

The Tax Handbook rankings are based on extensive market research. Over the last twelve months, JUVE has been in contact with almost 2,200 advisors, clients and public authorities and has written to around 1,600 clients enquiring about their own experiences with their advisors. <<<