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GSK Stockmann Offices

GSK Stockmann
Bockenheimer Landstrasse 24
60323 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
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Dr Petra Eckl

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+49 69 710003-0 petra.eckl@gsk.de View profile

Work Department

  • Corporate tax
  • Real estate tax
  • International tax
  • Structuring of open-ended and closed-ended funds, advice to investors, tax optimisation of cross-border arrangements
  • Private equity and venture capital tax issues
  • Transaction-related tax for corporate and real estate transactions
  • Tax advice on restructurings and tax optimisation of corporate group structures
  • Advice on introducing and implementing compliance management systems, including DAC6 (reporting obligations for cross-border tax arrangements)
  • Tax advice vis-à-vis (tax) authorities (e.g. preparation of binding information, position papers for tax audits, tax assistance in preliminary proceedings)
  • Tax proceedings of all kinds, including before the German Federal Finance Court (BFH) and the ECJ

Position

  • Partner GSK Stockmann Frankfurt

Career

  • Partner at GSK Stockmann since 2012
  • Lecturer in corporate tax law at the Goethe University Frankfurt
  • Worked in a top accounting firm, a major international law firm and an international auditing firm from 1995 to 2012
  • Certified lawyer for tax law (2001)
  • Admitted to practise as a tax adviser in Germany (2000)

Languages

  • English, French, German, Spanish

Memberships

  • Member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA)
  • Member of the German American Lawyers’ Association (DAJV)

Education

  • Admitted to practise law in Germany (1995)
  • Studies at the University of Passau; doctorate (Prof. Dr. Hartmut Söhn)

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Tax

GSK Stockmann‘s firm-wide focus on the real estate sector is also reflected in its tax practice, which handles transaction and project-related matters as well as fund structuring; recently, the group was particularly active in matters pertaining to ESG and green tax. For cross-border issues, particularly in the areas of financial taxes and fund structuring, the team regularly cooperates with offices in Luxembourg and London. Petra Eckl in Frankfurt and Dirk Koch in Munich jointly head the practice and cover the tax spectrum comprehensively. Dominik Berka (real estate transactions and investment tax law) made local partner in January 2023.

Germany > Banking and finance > Investment funds

Led by Robert Kramer (regulatory law) and Petra Eckl (tax law), GSK Stockmann regularly assists fund-launching institutions, initiators and investors in the structuring of special funds across various asset classes, including related tax matters. Clients also benefit from the close cooperation with the Luxembourg office on cross-border tax issues. Recent work pertains to the ESG area (with frequent ties to the real estate sector), such as the launch of ESG funds, including related regulatory matters and ESG upgrades for closed funds, as well as German mezzanine fund structures in the real estate sector and fund restructuring. Dominik Berka (tax law) and Lisa Watermann (sustainable finance, institution- and product-related advice on investment law) were appointed local partners in January 2023.

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