Clients in Germany and abroad come to us for advice on real estate transactions, restructuring portfolios, ongoing tax matters, privately held real estate, and declaring taxes. We are experts in real estate tax law, including matters related to real estate transfer tax and trade tax. What’s more, we present complex issues in an easily understandable way, from the RETT implications of multiple transactions and restructurings to income tax and trade tax structuring and succession planning. Our solutions are always tailored to meet our clients’ needs. As experts in both tax and legal aspects, we offer comprehensive advice from a single source.
Our clients include institutional investors (listed and privately held real estate companies and funds), plus family offices and high-net-worth individuals from around the world. We invest in long-term client relationships built on mutual trust.
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Client advisory in real estate tax law:
- Tax due diligence
- Preparing tax fact books
- Tax structuring both domestically and internationally
- Preparing and negotiating SPAs and APAs
- Tax analysis and structuring proposals
- Obtaining binding rulings from the tax authorities and negotiating with them
- Tax and legal support including contract documentation
- Auditing asset management and property management agreements of foreign real estate companies
- Screening and separating operating facilities
- Support in monitoring shareholder changes and tax blocking and holding periods
- Analyzing and evaluating matters in all areas of German and international real estate taxation
- Investment issues for real estate funds (e.g. active entrepreneurial management)
- Support with tax audits
- Support with appeal proceedings
- Litigation before national tax courts and the Federal Tax Court
- International litigation and support with international binding rulings and coordination
- Preparing income tax, real estate transfer tax and VAT returns for domestic and foreign real estate companies, including preliminary VAT returns
- Calculating the deferred tax assets for internal reporting purposes
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