New Office: Flick Gocke Schaumburg to Open in Hamburg in the Summer

Flick Gocke Schaumburg will open an office in Hamburg in the summer of 2015. A launch team of some 20 equity partners, associated partners and employees will staff the multidisciplinary partnership's fifth German office, covering all the aspects of tax-focused legal advice offered by the firm.

Lawyers and tax consultants Dr. Arne von Freeden (44) and Dr. Johannes Baßler (42) will push forward the development of the new location. Both partners have been advising family-owned businesses in particular for many years. Whereas Arne von Freeden focuses on business taxation, Johannes Baßler specializes in succession planning and tax issues related to wealth planning.

Further members of the launch team are partners who will each work from Hamburg for a few days per week. These team members include long-serving FGS partner Professor Hubertus Baumhoff, who specializes in business taxation and international tax law, corporate lawyers Dr. Stephan Göckeler and Dr. Christoph Schulte, and restructuring specialist Professor Stefan Simon. Finally, the associated partners Dr. Christian Pitzal (business taxation), Dr. Daniel Liebchen (international tax law and transfer pricing), Burkhard Fabritius (labor and employment law) and Christoph Oenings (tax law and family-owned businesses) will be based in Hamburg permanently.

"In opening the Hamburg office, we are accommodating our North German clients," explains Professor Thomas Rödder, Chairman of Flick Gocke Schaumburg. "We have been advising corporate groups, SMEs and family-owned businesses, and private clients in the Hamburg area for many years. We can now offer them an additional point of contact locally for our advisory services."

Flick Gocke Schaumburg has maintained a desk in Hamburg since 2013, staffed by professionals from the Bonn and the Berlin offices. "Opening an office in Hamburg was the next logical step," says Arne von Freeden. "Family-owned businesses in particular like to see long-term local presence from their advisors," adds Johannes Baßler.