SMP

Tax

Whether you're a young, growth-driven company, a hidden champion or a global corporation, we help national and international companies at all stages of their journey – with tax structuring, reorganizations and transactions.

We are renowned for our ability to solve even highly complex tax issues quickly, with our tax consultants and fund/transaction experts joining forces and breaking new ground to do so. As a result, our clients can go from strength to strength in their business.

 

Tax Funds Transactions

Corporate Tax Law

Veolia Environment
  • Ongoing advice on corporate tax law.
  • Advice on tax structuring issues.
International Group
  • Ongoing advice on corporate tax law
  • Advice on tax structuring issues, in particular on transfer pricing
Deutsche Telekom
Capital Partners
  • Ongoing advice on corporate tax law.
  • Advice on tax structuring issues and on international tax law.
e.ventures
  • Advice on tax structuring issues and on international tax law.
Whitehall Funds (managed by Goldman Sachs) Tax structuring service and tax litigation advice in extrajudicial and judicial (lower tax court and federal fiscal court) cases and tax audits regarding
  • ReaI estate investments
  • Debt restructuring
  • IPO/ M&A
  • Sale of single real estate assets and real estate portfolios
e.ventures
  • Ongoing advice on corporate tax law.
  • Advice on tax structuring issues.
Cherry Ventures
  • Ongoing advice on corporate tax law.
  • Advice on tax structuring issues.
Hitfox
  • Tax structuring of management equity programs
  • Advice on tax structuring of investments
Group of investors
  • Change of form of a German AG into a German SE with stock exchange listing in the USA.
Family Business
  • Succession planning
  • Structuring of real estate
   

Transactions

Magazino Tax advice on financing round
Operando Partners Advice on numerous acquisitions
DMB Deutsche Mittelstand Beteiligungen Advice on numerous acquisitions
Management von PlusServer Acquisition of PlusServer by BC Partners (regarding the co-investment of the management)
Management of Mein Auto
  • Acquisition of MeinAuto by Hg Capital (regarding the co-investment of the management)
  • Post-Transaction-Support
Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners Comprehensive tax advice on the establishment of investment structures and on numerous acquisitions
   

Declaration Advice

Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners Comprehensive ongoing advice on tax and accounting law issues as well as advice on tax declarations
e.ventures Comprehensive ongoing tax advice and tax declarations
Cherry Ventures Comprehensive ongoing tax advice and tax declarations
General Atlantic Ongoing tax advice and advice on tax declarations in Germany
SevenOne Capital Advice on tax declarations regarding foreign investments
Blockwall Comprehensive ongoing advice on tax and accounting law issues as well as on tax declarations regarding a crypto fund
Top Tier Capital Partners Advice on tax declarations regarding multilayer foreign partnerships
Various other foreign funds Comprehensive advice on tax declarations and ongoing matters.
Visual Statements Comprehensive ongoing advice on tax and accounting law issues as well as on tax declarations
DMB Deutsche Mittelstand Beteiligungen Comprehensive ongoing tax advice as well as advice on tax declarations
APX Accelerator by Axel Springer & Porsche Comprehensive ongoing tax advice as well as advice on tax declarations
7 Global Capital Comprehensive ongoing tax advice as well as advice on tax declarations
Moonfare Comprehensive ongoing tax advice and tax declarations
Private Clients Ongoing tax advice and tax declarations for (H)NWI, their investment vehicles and operating companies
   

HNWI/Family Offices

GFEP Family Equity Advice on investment structuring
Single Family Office Tax structuring services and international tax advice
Multi Family Offices Ongoing tax advice an tax advice on investments
(H)NWI
  • Tax advice on exit tax matters.
  • Wealth and investment structuring, including regulated and alternative asset classes
   

Law Firms

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Ongoing tax advice; advice on tax structuring issues.
UK Law Firm (Global Top 20) Advice on tax structuring issues regarding Brexit
Single firm Succession planning
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Ongoing tax advice
CMS Ongoing tax advice
UK Law Firm Advice on profit allocation and structuring issues